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A Story of Children and Film

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A celebration of childhood, as portrayed in 53 films from around the world, including "The Red Balloon" and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."

Critics Reviews

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Mark Kermode Observer (UK) 04/06/2014
4/5
A hugely impressive work by a uniquely talented storyteller. Go to Full Review
Donald Clarke Irish Times 04/04/2014
4/5
Cousins does eventually come to a conclusion: "Movies are like kids. Kids are like movies." That will do well enough as an epigram. Go to Full Review
Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard 04/04/2014
Its basic merit comes through consistently, and the children themselves are wonderfully real. Go to Full Review
Siobhan Synnot Scotsman 04/07/2014
3/5
Idiosyncratic essay about children in movies from all over the world; the commentary is a bit precious but the clips are intriguing. Go to Full Review
Niki Boyle The List 04/04/2014
3/5
At the very least, you'll walk away from A Story of Children and Film with an additional 50 or so movies to add to your watch list. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Simon T @Bucksplit 03/07/2017 Very much a companion piece to Mark Cousins' monumental A Story of Film, this too has the mood of a dream, a visual meditation on the particular art of portraying childhood in cinema. As before, his selections tend to come from the less well-known ends of world cinema, although he has time to include Spielberg, Loach, Campion and others. Very personal, quite idiosyncratic. See more 12/31/2014 A Christmas present to myself. Wonderful. See more 12/03/2014 Manages to sustain an interest through some decent observation about children in the history of cinema, but there's no real purpose to this documentary. See more 10/10/2014 A touch too artistic but there's no denying the knowledge and eye Mark Cousins has for world cinema, this time from knee-level! See more 08/31/2014 I am sure this documentary is brilliant for anyone studying children in cinema. But I am not, so whilst I found most of it vaguely interesting, it didn't hold my attention. See more n a 05/04/2014 Less of a documentary and more of a visual essay, and despite a genuine interest in the subject matter this film struggled to maintain my attention! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A celebration of childhood, as portrayed in 53 films from around the world, including "The Red Balloon" and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."
Director
Mark Cousins
Producer
Mary Bell, Adam Dawtrey
Screenwriter
Mark Cousins
Genre
Documentary, History, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 41m