Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+13)
Critics 90Audiences 77GoodWatch 83
Tomatometer94%
Metascore85
Audience score92%
IMDb8.2
User score5.6
Running time
1 h 44 min
A typical length for documentaries, +8 min on the typical 96
typical 96104Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2001
September 19, 2001
25 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Romanian
Original language
Made in
Romania
United States
Academy Awards2002
- Documentary (Feature)2002Nominated
- Documentary Feature Film2002Nominated
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 1
- Edet Belzberg Director, Producer
Production · 3
- Michel Negroponte Executive Producer
- Jonathan Oppenheim Producer, Editor
- Alan Oxman Producer
Camera · 1
- Wolfgang Held Director of Photography
Sound · 3
- Joel Goodman Original Music Composer
- David Ellinwood Sound Editor
- Tony Volante Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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