Children Underground (2001)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Edet Belzberg

Release Date:

5 October 2003 (Australia)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Street Child | Street Children | Child Care | Runaway | Subway Train

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Cristina Ionescu	...	Herself
Mihai Alexandre Tudose	...	Himself
Violeta 'Macarena' Rosu	...	Herself
Ana Turturica	...	Herself
Marian Turturica	...	Himself
Alexandru Beschina	...	Himself
Florin Ionut Calciu	...	Himself
Adrian Chiru	...	Himself
Romulus Cristescu	...	Himself
Ilie Fonfonile	...	Himself
Doru Grigore	...	Herself
Anca Hotnog	...	Herself
Claudia Luca	...	Herself
Angela Preda	...	Herself
Adrian Susanu	...	Himself
Cristina Tancau	...	Herself
Angela Taureci	...	Herself
Liliana Turturica	...	Herself
Father Ionut Tutea	...	Himself
Costel	...	Himself

Directed by
Edet Belzberg

Produced by
Edet Belzberg	....	producer
Michel Negroponte	....	co-executive producer
Mona Nicoara	....	associate producer
Jonathan Oppenheim	....	co-producer
Alan Oxman	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Joel Goodman

Cinematography by
Wolfgang Held

Film Editing by
Jonathan Oppenheim

Sound Department
Edet Belzberg	....	sound
David Ellinwood	....	sound editor
Tony Volante	....	sound re-recording mixer

Editorial Department
Scot Olive	....	colorist

Production Companies

• Belzberg Films

Distributors

• Childhope International (2001) (USA) (subtitled)
• Cinemax Documentary Theatrical Presentations
• Home Box Office (HBO)
• Red Horse Inc.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Romanian

Color:

Color

Company:

Belzberg Films

See this film

Whenever people ask me for some recommendations, I always bring this one up. I’ve seen many depressing films in my life, but this has to be one of the worst. It’s hard to imagine what it must be like to be one of those children living as they do. The paint sniffing, the lack of food and the fighting at their age is just sad. I found myself forgetting the ages of these children, but after finishing the film the pictures of some of the children have yet to leave my head months later. There are films like KIDS or Pixote that do their best in trying to portray a day in the life of a youth in their environment. This film is a step inside their lives, as even upon a child being gang beat, the camera did not interfere. The image of the child being beaten by a group of other children is vivid in my head today, and should be. This film was meant to over the eyes of people, and I guarantee it will to anyone who gives it a chance too.