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14-year-old Rom (Tran Anh Khoa) is a runner. That is, he runs lottery numbers for the indebted inhabitants of a dilapidated tenement, a network of interconnected homes soon to be demolished by greedy developers. The bookie climbs and zips through its many alleys, down streets, up balconies and staircases and other unstable contraptions – in order to be the first to give his clients’ numbers to the teller. Doing so, he hopes to amass enough money to finally meet his parent one day… But between his rivalry with Phuc (Nguyen Phan Anh Tu), who will not hesitate to backstab his friend, the approaching eviction of his community, and encounters with gangsters, life is anything but easy. In fact, the wellbeing of the entire neighbourhood might just be in Rom’s young hands. (Fantasia International Film Festival)
(mehr)Kritiken (1)
Praised abroad (7.1), this is a social drama about the fate of children living on the streets who earn money by selling lottery numbers, where they receive praise for winning and a scolding for losing. Even with a very generous running time of 80 minutes, the film has a rather slow and unexciting pace, nothing interesting happened here for my taste and therefore I cannot give an average rating either. However, anyone interested in the way of life of children in Vietnam and those who like pure drama can be satisfied. Story***, Action>No, Humor>No, Violence>No, Entertainment**, Music***, Visual***, Atmosphere**, Tension*. 4/10.
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