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 Jo?o": K?tia 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.
| Release Date: | Sep 2005 |
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| Genre: | Music / Drama |
| Cast: | Francisco Anawake (Joao), Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Bartender), Damaris Edwards (La Queeta), Vera Fernandez (Bilu), Hazelle Goodman (Ms. Wright), Hannah Hodson (Blanca), Wenli Jiang (Song Song's Mother), Wu Jiang (Sourdist), Dusan Krivec (Policeman Chasing Uros), Peppe Lanzetta (Stolen Watch Buyer), Kelly Macdonald (Jonathan's wife), Ernesto Mahieux (Man in the Car), Giovanni Mauriello (Man in the Grey Suit), Uros Milovanovic (Uros (segment ), Coati Mundi (Eneba), Rosie Perez (Ruthie), Jake Ritzema (Teenage Jonathan), Andre Royo (Sammy), Qi Ruyi (Cat), David Thewlis (Jonathan), Goran R. Vracar (Father), Lanette Ware (Monifa), Zhao Zhicun (Song Song) |