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The Children's Building Site
7.0 / 10• 1970• 1h 23m•NR• French
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Storyline
The theme of this film is the children's view on the destruction of a working-class area. The loss, for them of the dilapidated alleyways and waste ground where they met up and played. Their anger, their futile revolt against the demolition workers only serve to confirm their powerlessness and status as social outcasts.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jean Harlez's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Children's Building Site is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
