Well made, quite depressing. Children deprived of childhood. Violence follow them everyday, and life inside a juvenile reformatory is definitely not less violent, particularly during military dictatorship. Rape, murder, humiliation, unfair punishment, absolute lack of rights, care, trust, respect. Very harsh scenes. Violence is present even when the boys are playing, in the rare moments when they remember a little that they are still children. Sex is also present very early, and in the most unhealthy and brutal ways. Both lack of compassion and sadism are learned and reproduced in a vicious circle. Numerous violent deaths happen and are regretted, but make a living, or just survival, goes on, until its own violent interruption. Unfortunately, real life of young actor in the leading role would indeed be interrupted less than a decade afterwards.
