The Wild Years
6.2
The three protagonists play, eat and argue together. In this, at least, they are no different from other boys their age. But they are different in one crucial way, because nine-year-old Daniel and Habtom and Yohannes, both aged 12, live on the street, sleeping in an abandoned car on the side of the road. Without money or any form of adult support, they struggle to survive in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. And there are around 270,000 other street kids like them. The film records the three boys’ daily lives without being overly sentimental.
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Ventura Durall Director
First release November 22, 2013 · Produced in Spain, Ethiopia · Languages French, Somali
Production
Nanouk Films
Production
BiraBiro Films
Production
Spain · Ethiopia
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Languages
Original title
Els anys salvatges
Original language
Catalan
Spoken on screen
French · Somali
Release dates
Netherlands · November 22, 2013
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
October 8, 2014 · Vancouver International Film Festival
Poland
May 15, 2014 · Digital
Spain
April 4, 2014 · D'A Film Festival
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