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- 2001
- Not Rated
- Childhope International
- 1 h 44 m
- 2001
- Not Rated
- Childhope International
- 1 h 44 m
Summary This political documentary focuses on homeless children living in the subway tunnels of Bucharest, Romania.
Directed By: Edet Belzberg
- 2001
- Not Rated
- Childhope International
- 1 h 44 m
- 2001
- Not Rated
- Childhope International
- 1 h 44 m
Children Underground
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6.0
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Summary This political documentary focuses on homeless children living in the subway tunnels of Bucharest, Romania.
Directed By: Edet Belzberg
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
85
100% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Belzberg's unsparing camera sometimes portrays a level of cruelty that tests viewers' tolerance, but her fearless aesthetic is also a measure of the film's brilliant indictment of any society that can allow its most vulnerable to slip into oblivion.
A horror story, told with Dickensian compassion, permeating outrage, and little hope.
Belzberg doesn't intervene during the moments of violence, believing that the film can force social change only by showing the worst. If she is correct, then this film should move mountains.
First-time filmmaker Edet Belzberg may be the first person to assign any value to the lives of the homeless Romanian youngsters featured in her harrowing documentary.
A singularly depressing film. In the face of such unrelieved, grinding poverty, hope fades.
Homelessness is all too familiar to many inhabitants of the world's wealthiest cities, but rarely has the situation seemed so hopeless, or its victims so desperate.
A powerful piece of filmmaking.
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Based on 8 User Ratings
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Production Company
Belzberg Films
Release Date Sep 19, 2001
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
International Documentary Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
