original title:
Iqbal - Bambini senza paura
directed by:
screenplay:
Michel Fuzellier, Lara Fremder, Babak Payami, Paolo Bonaldi from the novel "Iqbal, a child against slavery" by Francesco D'Adamo
music:
producer:
Franco Serra, Fulvia Serra, Malika Brahmi, Florent Mounier, Renaud Delourme
production:
Gertie, 2d3D Animations, supported by Ministero della Cultura, Montparnasse productions, with the support of the MEDIA program, CNC, UNICEF Italy
distribution:
country:
Italy/France
year:
2015
film run:
85'
format:
3D/HD - colour
release date:
19/11/2015
genre:
animation film
festivals & awards:
The film is inspired, like the novel, by the true story of Iqbal Masih: he is sold for 16 dollars to a rug merchant and moneylender in Lahore, Pakistan. We have set the movie in Pandar, an imaginary metropolis built on the shores of an imaginary country in Southern Asia. Iqbal is a 10-year-old good, talented boy both in artistic skills and in personality. But thanks to his ability as a weaver Iqbal has been sold again for an exorbitant amount, more than 100 dollars, to another exploiter. He comes to understand that his debt, instead of diminishing, only increases. And also that debt will never, ever be paid off. His presence between the other little slaves in the rug factory provokes a collective consciousness among the children.