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All the Invisible Children is a film of genre Drama directed by John Woo released in USA on 3 march 2006 with Kelly Macdonald
All the Invisible Children (2005)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 3 march 2006
Length 1h56
Directed by John Woo, Emir Kusturica, Ridley Scott, Spike Lee, Kátia Lund, Jordan Scott, Mehdi Charef
Genres Drama
Rating73%
All the Invisible Children is a 2005 anthology film on the theme of childhood and exploitation. It is a collection of seven short films, each focused on a different child.
The film has a total runtime of 116 minutes, averaging 16 minutes each.
It premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 1 September 2005.
Synopsis
Seven young freedom fighters, heavily armed, are covering ground looking for the enemy. At twenty-one their leader is the eldest. Tanza is twelve and has joined this group after witnessing the massacre of his family. While bathing in a river in the middle of the forest, trying to forget their lives as soldiers for a while, they are unaware that in a short time one of them will be dead and one will be sent to blow up a school, where in a few hours other children just like them will be arriving.Actors
Kelly Macdonald
(Jonathan's wife (segment "Jonathan"))
David Thewlis
(Jonathan (segment "Jonathan"))
Jiang Wenli
(Song Song's Mother (segment "Song Song and Little Cat"))
Hannah Hodson Rose
(Blanca (segment "Jesus Children of America"))
Andre Royo
(Sammy (segment "Jesus Children of America"))
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