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Lee filters his vision through what purports to be the bygone spirit of Italian neorealism, claiming a direct lineage from classics such as Vittorio de Sica's Bicycle Thieves through the film's little orphaned Angelo (Matteo Sciabordi), who strikes up a friendship with gentle giant Train (Omar Benson Miller). He's the film's sentimental and quasi-mystical mascot, and, fortunately for Lee, he found in Sciabordi a child the camera adores.
"The one wild card in this was the kid," says Lee. "I spent many a sleepless night worrying that if we don't get the right kid, it's not going to work. We had an open audition in Florence, and we were blessed with Matteo. He never acted before, but he had the qualities - the sensitivity, the intelligence, the face, the innocence that you need for a child to p buy l2 adena lay this role. You might think I'm bragging, but he's as good as the kid in Bicycle Thieves. He saved us."




