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Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide

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A 10-year-old Italian (Matteo Gadola) finds himself on a barge with Third World refugees.

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Boyd van Hoeij european-films.net 12/06/2005
[A] simple message and inspired performances from its child actors barely keep this long and at times preachy film from drowning in its own melodrama. Go to Full Review
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06/10/2014 While there's something undeniably entrancing about the story telling, it's a tenuous spell that's broken too often, either by melodramatics or sentimentality. See more 10/18/2012 The film is a shockingly perfect metaphor for a young man's coming of age, not just physically, but also emotionally. This is a hard film to watch, but something that humanizes immigrants and the growing problem of trafficking to an insurmountable level. See more 01/21/2012 Very watchable drama about one boys response to the refugee problem in Italy See more 03/31/2011 A possible story in that strange bridge between Europe and Africa/Asia called Italy. See more 10/18/2010 A wealthy child is thrown into a cruel experiment where all his beliefs are turned upside down See more 12/06/2009 Another Giordana film that didn't disappoint me. I have to admit that the end left me a bit puzzled, but still the whole thing is so well-made and has such a great story that I would recommend this film to anyone. See more Read all reviews
Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide

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Movie Info

Synopsis A 10-year-old Italian (Matteo Gadola) finds himself on a barge with Third World refugees.
Director
Marco Tullio Giordana
Producer
Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz
Screenwriter
Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Marco Tullio Giordana
Production Co
Babe Productions, Cattleya, Once You Are Born Films, RAI Cinema
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Italian
Runtime
1h 55m