Summary13-year-old Anna (Giulia Dragotto) and her younger brother (Alessandro Pecorella try to survive in a Sicily where all the adults were killed by a virus in this adaptation of Niccolò Ammaniti's novel.
Summary13-year-old Anna (Giulia Dragotto) and her younger brother (Alessandro Pecorella try to survive in a Sicily where all the adults were killed by a virus in this adaptation of Niccolò Ammaniti's novel.
Niccolò Ammaniti’s adaptation of his postapocalyptic novel is harrowing stuff, a frequently nightmarish story about kids that definitely isn’t made for kids, one that evokes despair with an intensity that sets it apart from other recent pandemic dramas. At the same time, Anna is filled with hope and wonderment. It’s a show of outlandish whimsy and emotional courage, and when it works, it borders on remarkable.
Not all of the peripatetic story’s byways are as interesting, and “Anna” has the opposite problem of many current mini-series adaptations: Instead of feeling stretched out, it feels as if Ammaniti was trying to pack too much in. ... If you go along for the ride, though, Ammaniti keeps giving you things to look at.