Undesirables
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Although quite young, Russia’s capitalistic system already has an all-too-familiar hallmark: the effort of extreme poverty on those not fortunate enough to share the wealth. This absorbing and heartbreaking short looks at Russian children who have run away from oppressive home lives and onto the streets of Russia’s strange new world, a place more Dickensian than Westerners may like to admit. The children are followed from their deportation from Moscow to relocation in their home villages.
Director
Marianna Yarovskaya
Producers
Olesya Bondareva, Marianna Yarovskaya
Release Year
1999
Festival Year
2001
Country
United States, Russia
Run Time
23 minutes