This intimate documentary follows five homeless children in Romania, where the collapse of communism has led to a life on the street for 20,000 children. From a 16-year-old girl who runs her gang with a mixture of brutality and compassion, to a small, intelligent, and remarkably articulate 12-year-old boy, these children seem .. Read more
| Starring | Cristina Ionescu, Mihai Alexandre Tudose, Violeta 'Macarena' Rosu, Ana Turturica |
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| Director | Edet Belzberg |
| Genres | Documentary, World Cinema |
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This intimate documentary follows five homeless children in Romania, where the collapse of communism has led to a life on the street for 20,000 children. From a 16-year-old girl who runs her gang with a mixture of brutality and compassion, to a small, intelligent, and remarkably articulate 12-year-old boy, these children seem at first feral and frightening yet over the course of the movie their loneliness, desperation, and glimpses of hope transform their appearance and challenge the viewer to see them differently.
| Starring | Cristina Ionescu, Mihai Alexandre Tudose, Violeta 'Macarena' Rosu, Ana Turturica, Marian Turturica |
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| Director | Edet Belzberg |
| Studio | LACE GROUP |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 44 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Documentary, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Romanian |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2000 To Rent: DVD: 26 Oct 2009 |
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Heartrending Documentary
This Oscar-nominated documentary follows the lives of Romanian street children as they struggle to survive. Occasionally hard to watch, it nevertheless, pays ... read more »
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Romanian Children Unwanted and Unloved
I am a Romanian lad myself and i have been living in the UK for 11 years now been here since i was 12. I feel very sorry for those children who doesn't have... read more »
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An absolute shame.
A briliant coverage of the romanian kids, some very brave to walk away from their parents as they were absolute ar*****es. Very disturbing film but extremely ... read more »
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CHILDREN UNDERGROUND
This documentary is utterly heartwrenching. It left me in a stunned silence - Romania is part of the EU - yet it allows its beautiful children to fade into ... read more »
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