Bekas

Bekas 2012

7.56

Two shoeshiner homeless brothers named Zana and Dana live on the edge of survival. They catch a glimpse of Superman through a hole in the wall at the local cinema and decide that they want to go to America in order to meet Superman.

2012

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer 2003

6.80

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.

2003

Perro callejero

Perro callejero 1980

7.90

An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.

1980

How to Steal a Dog

How to Steal a Dog 2014

7.30

Ji-so, a young girl who doesn't have a house because of her bankrupted dad. In order to get money to buy a house she plan to steals wealthy people's dogs to earn reward money when she returns them.

2014

Los dos golfillos

Los dos golfillos 1961

5.20

The brother of a condemned man kidnaps the son of the warden to blackmail him. But the director, firm in the line of duty, does not agree, so the criminals decide to get rid of the child. After seven years, the kidnapped boy lives with tramps and together with another child sings along the streets to earn money while committing rogueries

1961

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 2000

6.60

Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on the portside of Casablanca. They live in constant fear of Dib's revenge. Ali wants to become a sailor - when he was living with his mother, a prostitute, he used to listen to a fairy tale about the sailor who discovered the miracle island with two suns. Instead of finding his island in the dream, Ali and his friends are confronted with Dib's gang. Matters are getting serious.

2000

Streetwise

Streetwise 1984

7.50

This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.

1984

Darwin's Nightmare

Darwin's Nightmare 2005

6.80

Africa in the sixties. The Nile perch, a ravenous predator, is introduced into Lake Victoria as a scientific experiment, causing the extinction of many native species. Its meat is exported everywhere in exchange for weapons, creating a globalized evil alliance on the lake shores. An infernal nightmare in the real world that wipes out Darwin's Theory of Evolution.

2005

The Mudlark

The Mudlark 1950

6.90

It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...

1950

Children Underground

Children Underground 2001

7.30

Children Underground follows the story of five street children, aged eight to sixteen who live in a subway station in Bucharest, Romania. The street kids are encountered daily by commuting adults, who pass them by in the station as they starve, swindle, and steal, all while searching desperately for a fresh can of paint to get high with.

2001

The Children of Leningradsky

The Children of Leningradsky 2005

7.40

Since the fall of the Iron Curtain an estimated four million children have found themselves living on the streets in the former countries of the Soviet Union. In the streets of Moscow alone there are over 30,000 surviving in this manner at the present time. The makers of the documentary film concentrated on a community of homeless children living hand to mouth in the Moscow train station Leningradsky. Eight-year-old Sasha, eleven-year-old Kristina, thirteen-year-old Misha and ten-year-old Andrej all dream of living in a communal home. They spend winter nights trying to stay warm by huddling together on hot water pipes and most of their days are spent begging. Andrej has found himself here because of disagreements with his family. Kristina was driven into this way of life by the hatred of her stepmother and twelve-year-old Roma by the regular beatings he received from his constantly drunk father. "When it is worst, we try to make money for food by prostitution," admits ...

2005

A Cry from the Streets

A Cry from the Streets 1958

7.20

Bittersweet story about London's unwanted children and the good people trying to help them. Ann is a social worker, while Bill is an electrician whose contract with the local care home introduces him to the children and Ann. Events start to escalate out of control when a child takes possession of a loaded gun.

1958

Stray Dogs

Stray Dogs 2004

7.30

In post-Taliban Kabul, two lost children, brother and sister whose parents are in prison, try to survive every day by scavenging for food. At night, they join their imprisoned mother.

2004

Bad Blood

Bad Blood 2021

10.00

A social worker takes a withdrawn homeless boy into her care, not suspecting that he is a vampire. As she she gets closer to him, his thirst for human blood increases and to protect him, she must help lure his next kill to satisfy his cravings.

2021

For Today

For Today 2009

1

A homeless boy in a small village in Ethiopia suffers due to global warming and shortsightedness.

2009

David Copperfield

David Copperfield 1999

7.10

Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities.

1999