Director: Jill Coulon
Script: Jill Coulon
Cinematographer: Jill Coulon
Editing: Daniel Darmon
Music: Yael Naim & David Donatien
Prod: Aloest Films, Enfants du Mékong
Contact / International Sales:
ALOEST FILMS
François-Hugues de Vaumas
Caroline Florentin
74 rue Henry Litolff
92700 Colombes
France
[email protected]
Tel.: 0033 1 78 66 28 28
Year: 2018
Screening: 2019
HD, Color, 54 mn
OV Jarai, Vietnamese, Burmese, Kachin, Lao
Sign language: Lao, Khmer, Karen, Thai, Cebuano
World Premiere
Opening Night
Prin was born in Jarai community in Vietnam's Central Highlands. She is six years old. In North Myanmar, teen years old Myu Lat Awng lives in a camp for Internally Displaced Persons because of border war. 14 years old Phout lives in kingdom of the million elephants. Deaf and mute, she has a whole different perception of life. 17 years old homeless Pagna dreams of studies and travels. Thookoloa is 21. Without any Thai identity papers, she left her mountains to find work in Bangkok. 34 years old Juliet lives happily with her husband and her four children in the Philippines. A grown-up orphan in Cebu’s trash dump site, she did everything to make her dreams become a reality. She is currently a primary school teacher. All these destinies tie, meet and assemble like pieces of one giant puzzle for one big adventure: Growing up.
“I hope this movie succeeds in convincing French children about the chance they have to get a proper education and to change the adults’ point of view next time they will meet child beggars in Angkor Wat!”. Jill Coulon