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Children of the Sun

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Original title: Les enfants du soleil
Year: 1962
Running time: 185 min.
Country: Morocco
Director: Jacques Séverac
Screenwriter: David Dayan Fisher
Cast: Abdelkader Abderrahmane, Aziz Afifi, Mustapha Brick, Mohammed Zubir
Music: Dehaches, Luighi
Cinematography: Jacques Klein
Producer: Co-production Morocco-France;
Djinn Films
Genre: Drama | Poverty. Childhood
Synopsis: A little fellow has set his heart on buying a sewing machine for his mother. Like the other shoe-shine boys, his goal of saving up money is almost impossible to meet yet after much work, he is finally able to get her a machine. Sadly enough, his triumph is destined to be short-lived when the much-desired sewing machine is broken in an accident. Undaunted, the lad decides the only thing for it is to start again from scratch.

Awards: 1962: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)

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Children of the Sun

1962

Jacques Séverac