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  • Starring: Abbas Kiarostami, Seyfolah Samadian
  • Summary: A documentary about the tragedy of the children whose parents have died of AIDS and are now stranded in a refugee camp in Kampala, Uganda.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    90
    Beyond giving a human face to Uganda's crises, Kiarostami attempts to capture the actual place, a swirl of contradictions as vibrant and beautiful as it is troubled.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    90
    You come away from his film overwhelmed, hopeful and, perhaps paradoxically, illuminated.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    50
    It's not enough for the film to show us a child's corpse wrapped in cardboard; we've got to step back to see Kiarostami himself shooting the sad sight, so that it becomes a Godardian ironic statement.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. JasonP.
    9
    Much more complex than it appears. A poetic meditation on what it means to see suffering. Modest, humble, self-effacing and beautiful and utterly tragic in its commitment to realism.… Expand
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