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Something Better To Come (2014)

Something Better To Come poster
Original title
Something Better to Come
Directed by
Hanna Polak
Genre
documentary film, biographical film
Country
Russia, Poland, Denmark
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows children who live on a garbage dump near Moscow. It shows their daily struggles and small moments of hope in a difficult environment.

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What happens

Something Better to Come is a Danish-Polish documentary film about children living on a garbage dump near Moscow directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Hanna Polak and produced by Sigrid Dyekjær of Danish Documentary. Something Better to Come won the Special Jury Award at the IDFA documentary festival , where the film had premiered. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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