Young Cain
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Young Cain

1959 2h 2m ★ 6.5 (4 votes) Released

Juana moves with her son Juan from the country to Caracas in search of better work and educational opportunities. When they get there they have to live in a poor home in one of the slums located in the city's outskirts, where they encounter a horrible world full of promiscuity and misery, that is quite different from what they expected and that eventually will lead Juana to self-destruction and Juan to reconsider his life in the city.

Director

Román Chalbaud

Screenplay

Román Chalbaud

Rating
6.5
Runtime
122 min

Production

Allegro Films (VE)
Producciones Alfil

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Keywords

pregnancypovertymotherhoodneorealismlife in the slums

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