Children of the Lowest Heaven (2024)

Directed by

Birgitte Stærmose

Genre

documentary film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 24m

How it feels

In 2009, children sell cigarettes on the grim streets of postwar Pristina and share stories of hope and loss. Ten years later, as young adults, they still struggle to survive at the bottom of society in one of Europe's youngest and poorest nations. The film is a collective portrait of their human condition.

observationalmelancholicintimategroundedsoberingsadhopefulhumanizing

What happens

Ønskeliv er en dansk dokumentarfilm instrueret af Birgitte Stærmose. I de dystre gader i efterkrigs-Pristina anno 2009, sælger børn cigaretter og hvisker fortællinger om ha°b og tab. Nu, 10 a°r senere, som unge voksne, kæmper de stadig for overlevelse pa° samfundets bund, i en af Europas yngste og fattigste nationer, hvor drømmen om emigration til et andet land eller religion er den eneste reelle flugtmulighed. Et kollektivt portræt af en menneskelig tilstand. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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