The poverty and desperation is palpable, but where Slingshot showed the constant hustling and thieving in a male-dominated culture, Foster Child is anchored by women...
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06/16/08
Foster Child (2007)
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A gritty look at the nurturing love of a foster mother in a Manila slum for a three-year-old boy.
03/22/08
Like Cristian Mungiu did in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Brillante Mendoza attempts to take the camera from the opening shot of Touch of Evil to quotidian life in the slums.
03/13/08
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