Here we follow an 8 year old newsie as he makes his way through a sometimes harsh, sometimes benevolent urban jungle. He gets mugged, hooks up with a night watchman who teaches him to read, joins a crewe playing Uruguay's 40-day carnival...generally frabs his way through life.
Exceptional use of lighting and color throughout. The carnival music was lame compared to that of Brazil in Black Orpheus.
The film wanted very hard to be charming and lovable but fell a bit short of the mark. The feelgood didn't make me feel good enough so it just seemed randomly episodic with a light wash of nice.
Just barely a 5.
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