Carlitos Medellin

A harrowing account of life on some of the world's most dangerous streets, this hard-hitting documentary follows 13-year-old Carlito as he shows his decimated neighbourhood to filmmaker Jean-Stephane Sauvaire. Carlito lives in Medellin, Colombia's second-largest city, where armed boys hold out against the paramilitary, gangs of criminals, and violent guerrillas. While American kids his age enjoy their cell phones and computer games, Carlito carries a statue of the Virgin around his old neighbourhood, listening to the shell-shocked residents confess their sad stories, pray to the Holy Mother, and reveal their last hopes and dreams.

Keywords

  • Afrika
  • debut
  • Trauer
  • Religion

Actors

  • Davidson Ospina
  • Maria Auxiliadora

Director

  • Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire

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1h 15min


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Colombia
2003
A harrowing account of life on some of the world's most dangerous streets, this hard-hitting documentary follows 13-year-old Carlito as he shows his decimated neighbourhood to filmmaker Jean-Stephane Sauvaire. Carlito lives in Medellin, Colombia's second-largest city, where armed boys hold out against the paramilitary, gangs of criminals, and violent guerrillas. While American kids his age enjoy their cell phones and computer games, Carlito carries a statue of the Virgin around his old neighbourhood, listening to the shell-shocked residents confess their sad stories, pray to the Holy Mother, and reveal their last hopes and dreams.

A harrowing account of life on some of the world's most dangerous streets, this hard-hitting documentary follows 13-year-old Carlito as he shows his decimated neighbourhood to filmmaker Jean-Stephane Sauvaire. Carlito lives in Medellin, Colombia's second-largest city, where armed boys hold out against the paramilitary, gangs of criminals, and violent guerrillas. While American kids his age enjoy their cell phones and computer games, Carlito carries a statue of the Virgin around his old neighbourhood, listening to the shell-shocked residents confess their sad stories, pray to the Holy Mother, and reveal their last hopes and dreams.


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