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plot summaryplot synopsisplot keywordsAmazon.Sorry, there was a problem collecting your vote.Though it tells a sad story of a small group of runaway children living
in squalor, the courage and survival instincts of some of these kids is
inspiring.Some of their
stories are sad, others hopeful.Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.IMDb is powered by Perl and we are hiring!This article does not cite any references or sources.December 2006)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.Please see the discussion on the talk page.The street kids are encountered daily by commuting adults, who passthem by in the station as they starve, swindle, and steal, all while searching desperately for a fresh can of paint to get high with.This is also very apparent with another child named, Violeta 'Macarena' Rosu, who is also a girl.Prizes and awards
The film has won the Special Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best documentary feature.In 1966, in a seriously misguided attempt to increase his nation's population, Romanian despot Nicolae Ceausescu banned all forms of birth control, including abortions for women with fewer than four children.It's a situation that afflicts all of Romania, but American director Edet Belzberg's heartrending documentary focuses on a group of five children who call Bucharest's Piata Victoriei underground train station home.Belzberg and her cameraman, Wolfgang Held, maintain their distance as the kids panhandle, fight and sleep on cardboard boxes, either on the train platforms or the public parks above ground, watching dispassionately as the youngsters inhale Aurolac, a noxious silver paint with intoxicating fumes, from plastic bags.Homelessness is all too familiar to many inhabitants of the world's wealthiest cities, but rarely has the situation seemed so hopeless, or its victims so desperate.What were the Best Game Show Moments on TV Last Week?Listen as Korva Coleman speaks with Edet Belzberg about Children Underground.Watch an excerpt from the film Children Underground.Street children wait at dusk at entrace to a subway station.Former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu outlawed abortion and contraception and ordered women to bear as many children as possible in his failed effort to increase the Romanian workforce.Onlookers decline to come to the girl's aid.An estimated 20,000 children live on the streets of Bucharest, Romania's capital and largest city, many finding shelter at night in subway stations.She dodges sexual abuse and gains respect by cropping her hair and passing as male.Children Underground, Belzberg's first film, gets its title from where the children sleep at night, a Bucharest subway station.Belzberg's work won a special jury prize at last year's Sundance Film Festival.Web site of the 74th annual Academy Awards."Please check the the format of the email addresses you entered.""Please check the the format of the email addresses you entered.""Please check the the format of the email addresses you entered."Please shorten your message and try again.""Please enter information into the email address fields."Up to twelve addresses, separated by commas.In Romanian with English subtitles
This modern tale ventures below the streets of Bucharest, Romania, to introduce us to five members of a "family" of orphaned, abandoned, or runaway children living in the Piata Victoriei subway station.The children beg and steal to buy food and Aurolac, which they sniff to get high.Mihai, the most reflective, regrets having left his mother and sister to the whims of his violent father and dreams of a conventional life and family.Preview our Chechnya exhibit on display at the Ritzy Cafe.
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