Description
Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.
Released: | 20 September 2018 |
Country of origin: | Cyprus, France, Lebanon, Qatar, UK, US |
Genre: | Drama |
Production companies: | Boo Pictures, Mooz Films, Cedrus Invest Bank, Clandestino Filmes, DFI, KNM Films, Les Films des Tournelles, Louverture Films, Open City Films, Sunnyland Film, The Bridge Production, Sony Pictures Classics, Wild Bunch |
Watched by: | 591 of 866 405 |
Runtime: | 2 hours 6 minutes |
IMDB rating: | 8.4 of 10 105 498 |
kinopoisk.ru rating: | 8.15 of 10 161 102 |
Refugees, child labor, marriage, drugs, tied children, slums, hunger.
The film was created with the participation of non-professional actors. All the actors were found with the help of street casting. Children and adults were found on the street, asked to answer a few questions on camera. For example, children were asked: "Are you happy that you are alive?". Most of the children answered this question the same way: "No, I would like to die," "I do not know why I live," etc. None of the children who passed the casting did not know how old they were, when and where they were born, and they never celebrated their birthday.