Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic85/100
40 audience votes
Key crew
- Edet BelzbergDirector
- Joel GoodmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cristina IonescuHerself
- Mihai Alexandre TudoseHimself
- Violeta 'Macarena' RosuHerself
- Ana TurturicaHerself
- Marian TurturicaHimself
- Alexandru BeschinaHimself
- Florin Ionut CalciuHimself
- Adrian ChiruHimself
- Romulus CristescuHimself
- Ilie FonfonileHimself
Stills
Themes
bucharest, romaniasubway stationwoman directorhomeless teenagerhomeless child