Romanian cities teem with children living on the streets, since dictator Ceausescu - hoping to increase the work force - outlawed both birth control and abortion.
More than any other film I have seen, this captures the heartbreak and hopelessness of street kids and their lives. The 5 kids we follow scratch out an existence living together in a subway station.
It is initially hard to comprehend, as some of these kids theoretically have homes to return to. But when we see the nightmare reality of those homes, we start to understand that there are tiny children, some as young as 8, trapped between a rock and a hard place.
A true horror film, but, like documentaries on the holocaust, one that has an important reason to exist. To move people to action, and to make sure this kind of institutionalized neglect never happens again.
More than any other film I have seen, this captures the heartbreak and hopelessness of street kids and their lives. The 5 kids we follow scratch out an existence living together in a subway station.
It is initially hard to comprehend, as some of these kids theoretically have homes to return to. But when we see the nightmare reality of those homes, we start to understand that there are tiny children, some as young as 8, trapped between a rock and a hard place.
A true horror film, but, like documentaries on the holocaust, one that has an important reason to exist. To move people to action, and to make sure this kind of institutionalized neglect never happens again.