Children of Invention (2009)

Directed by

Tze Chun

Genre

coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young children try to help their struggling mother make ends meet in suburban Massachusetts. The mother is roped into a multilevel marketing scheme, and the kids start to fend for themselves.

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What happens

Children of Invention is an American independent feature film written and directed by Tze Chun. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, screened at more than 50 film festivals, and won 17 festival awards including 8 Grand Jury or Best Narrative Feature prizes. The film was released theatrically in eight U.S. cities beginning February 2010, on Video-on-Demand in June 2010, and on DVD in August 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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