''The Invisible Boy'' ( it, Il ragazzo invisibile) is a 2014 Italian

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directed by

Gabriele Salvatores Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directe ...

Plot

Michele Silenzi is a shy thirteen-year-old kid from

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who lives with his single mom (a local police inspector). He is often overlooked at school and is picked on regularly by the school bullies. He wants to attend a fancy dress party as the object of his desires, classmate Stella, is going. Unfortunately, the fifty Euro note he was to use to buy a superhero costume was stolen by the bullies. He instead has to settle for a much cheaper costume that he is told belongs to an obscure Chinese superhero who has mystical powers. The bullies embarrass him at the party by showing Stella that he has been secretly filming her on his phone. Mortified, Michele makes his escape into the night but not before wishing the costume would make him invisible. He later discovers his wish has come true. At first he uses his power to get his own back on the bullies and to spy on his female classmates in their underwear in the changing room. It becomes apparent that children at the school are going missing and eventually Stella is kidnapped also. Eventually a mysterious blind man tells Michele that he is his father and that both he and Michele are members of a secret Russian group called The Specials. All members of this group have superpowers and that the reason that the children are going missing is an attempt by The Specials to track Michele down. By now Michele can control his invisibility and after escaping the leader of the Specials he helps free the children before his father mentally wipes everyone's memory. The film ends with the revelation that the leader of the Specials is actually Michele's birth mother. The final scene shows her being informed that although they have failed to recruit Michele, but they have located his long-lost twin sister in Morocco.

Cast

Ludovico Girardello Ludovico Girardello (born 5 December 2000 in Vittorio Veneto) is an Italian actor best known for his role of Michele Silenzi in '' The Invisible Boy'' movie series A film series or movie series (also referred to as a film franchise or movie franch ...

as Michele Silenzi *

Valeria Golino Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1965) is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in ''Rain Man'', ''Big Top Pee-wee'' and the two ''Hot Shots!'' films, particularly the olive-in-the-bell ...

as Giovanna Silenzi *

Fabrizio Bentivoglio Fabrizio Bentivoglio (born 4 January 1957) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor and screenwriter. Biography Fabrizio Bentivoglio was born in Milan (his father is Venetian). After only one season in the juvenile team of Inter, he left his spor ...

as Basili *Noa Zatta as Stella *

Hristo Zhivkov Christo Jivkov ( bg, Христо Живков; 18 February 1975 – 31 March 2023) was a Bulgarian actor. He first gained recognition for portraying Giovanni delle Bande Nere in the period drama '' The Profession of Arms'' (2001), and later beca ...

as Andreij *

Kseniya Rappoport Kseniya Aleksandrovna Rappoport (russian: link=no, Ксе́ния Алекса́ндровна Раппопо́рт; born 25 March 1974) is a Russian actress. She graduated in 2000 from Saint Petersburg Academy of Theatrical Arts and was immedi ...

as Yelena *Assil Kandil as Candela *

Vernon Dobtcheff Vernon Dobtcheff (born 14 August 1934) is a British actor, best known for his roles on television and film, he has acted in numerous stage productions. Biography Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, France, of Russian descent. He attended Ascham Pre ...

as Artiglio *Filippo Valese: Martino Breccia *Enea Barozzi: Brando Volpi *Riccardo Gasparini: Ivan Casadio *Vilius Tumalavicius: Biondo *Vincenzo Zampa: Luigi Minnella *Maria Sole Mansutti: madre di Stella

Sequel

A sequel titled '' The Invisible Boy: Second Generation'' (''Il ragazzo invisibile - Seconda generazione'') was released in January 2018.

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* 2014 fantasy films 2010s superhero films 2014 films Films directed by Gabriele Salvatores European Film Awards winners (films) Italian coming-of-age films Italian fantasy films Italian superhero films Teen superhero films Films about invisibility Films set in Trieste 2010s Italian films {{fantasy-film-stub

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