El Barrilete (Documentary)

original title:

El Barrilete

directed by:

Alessandro Angelini

cast:

Luis Enrique Urrutia Laguna, Mario José Rizo, Juan De La Cruz Laguna Silva

screenplay:

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producer:

production:

Dokufilm

country:

Italy

year:

2005

film run:

75'

format:

Digi Beta Pal - colour

status:

Ready (21/11/2005)

festivals & awards:

IDFA - Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2005: First Appearance
Turin Film Festival 2005: Concorso Internazionale Lungometraggi

The friendship between two pre-adolescent boys who are forced to grow up too fast. Enrique, a 14-year-old gold miner is trying to escape from poverty and a life without any prospects. Mario, a homeless child, knows his way around the streets of Managua, Nicaragua with insolent ease...

El Barrilete (Documentary)

by Alessandro Angelini