Seven shorts about childhood problem through the eyes of seven directors. 1) “Tanza”: Mehdi Chafer shows a boy called Tanza in an undefined country in Africa fighting in a civil war with machine gun and explosives, and dreaming on having his home and going to school. 2) “Uros”: Emir Kusturica shows a gypsy boy called Uros in his last day in a juvenile prison in Serbia-Montenegro without any other perspective but returning to the place. 3) “Jesus Children of America”: Spike Lee shows a HIV positive girl called Blanca, daughter of junkies’ parents with Aids and the cruelty of her schoolmates in school. 4) “Bilu and João”: Kátia Lund gives an optimistic approach of two homeless children that fight to survive working on the streets, collecting beer and soda tins and paper to sell in a junkyard, and transporting shops in street fairs. 5) “Jonathan”: Jordan and Ridley Scott show a photographer correspondent of war in pain for his past experiences. 6) “Ciro”: Stefano Veneruso shows a young boy in Naples that pickpockets to survive. 7) “Song Son and Little Cat”: John Woo shows a tale of fantasy, with a homeless orphan and a spoiled wealthy girl. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.6/10 | |
Released: | March 3, 2006 | |
Runtime: | 124 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | MK Film Productions S.r.l. | |
Cast: | Rodrigue Ouattara Uros Milovanovic Adama Bila Elysée Rouamba | |
Crew: | Ridley Scott Qiang Li Spike Lee Emir Kusturica John Woo Jordan Scott Cinqué Lee Joie Lee Kátia Lund Mehdi Charef Diego De Silva 3 more Stribor Kusturica Eduardo Tripa Stefano Veneruso | |
random000 : Do people actually want to know why the frog is a mystery or how it went blind. Piffle.