Filippo Movie Essay

filippo is a very shy and well mannered boy who lives in milan with his loving mother and father, He has always had a life full of comfort and luxury because of his wealthy family, This was until he was kidnapped by pino who is the father of one of the town 's few children, With the help of sergio who is classified as a professional kidnapper which was not uncommon for this time. The story continues on from here with the young boy named michele amitrano and a group of his friends set out on a race across wheat fields to a deserted farmhouse. This is the place where later michele finds filippo inside a deep hole that was dug by the townspeople to
Keep him until they received the ransom money that they expected his parents to pay.

When michele finds filippo he is in a zombie like state and begins stumbling out of the darkness, Terrified he quickly bikes home. The next day while playing with friends michele thinks about the boy and later he decides to visits filippo, he finds out that the boy is actually alive, although he is very weak he brings him water and food during this time michele’s curiosity leads him to begin questioning the confused and shocked boy. To michele’s annoyance filippo thinks he is dead and asks if michele is a guardian angel. This is the point in this movie we get to see one of the most important

He is shocked when he overhears the adults talking about keeping the boy hidden. Slowly michele realizes that his dad and other men from the small town are heavily involved in the kidnapping of filippo. On his next visit to filippo he is caught by one of the kidnappers who we later find out that michelle 's friend salvatore told him that michele knew about the