Movies: Poor

Documentary collecting some experiences of the first two years of the "Gira interminable" tour were Silvio Rodriguez performs for the marginal neighborhoods of Havana and other provinces....

Josephine has all her life been told that her Peruvian aunt Augusta died in an armed struggle for the rights of the poor. As an adult Josefin decides to find out the truth about the legendary Augusta....

Lovely Pinky Malhotra is a heart-breaker in the college where she studies, and has a number of young men who would lay down their lives for her. Amongst them are Sunil and Vicky. She is attracted to Sunil, and both carry on a romantic relationship, h...

The economy has collapsed. In a universe of moral and economic impoverishment, we find Flavia, a spoiled teenager with artistic aspirations that are somewhat frustrated when she is not accepted at the University. Her neighbor Martin, a mature man wit...

Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled young ladies. Millicent is now in his sights on the Riviera, and Grand Duke Gaspar is the bait. But what if Millicent starts to fancy planted chauffeur Joh...

This is the story of a homeless orphan boy who wants to go to school and learn like every child should. He doesn't have the means but manages to soak in as much by sitting outside the window of a classroom and does his homework and study under a stre...

A bolstering eruption of chaos and boyhood; an exploration of the human body and how it interacts with the soul....

In a sprawling city, a man's firm belief that people are innately selfless is severely tested....

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Anne doesn't have enough money to take her daughter, Mélody, away from the small provincial town where they live for a few days during the summer holidays. In the face of her daughter's disappointment and incomprehension, she does all she can to find...

Why is the gap between the rich and the poor growing faster in New Zealand than in most other OECD countries? And why is inequality bad for all of us? Award winning documentary maker Bryan Bruce files his special report on what’s gone wrong with our...

A bitter coming-of-age story about boy who grows up in a remote Bosnian village shortly after World War II....

Esthappan is a fisherman, who lives in a seashore colony. His story unfolds through narrations by other fishermen about his miraculous acts. Through the contradictory statements of these people, a mystical figure of Esthappan unfolds....

A family lives poorly in a village in the Lebanese mountain. One day the father abandons his family and leaves for Brazil, considered an Eldorado by a great number of his compatriots. Twenty years pass. The mother raised her children with great diffi...

Documentary feature film that follows the personal stories of families struggling in the aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Filmed over the course of one winter in one American city, the film presents an intimate snaps...

If income inequality were a sport, the residents of 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan would all be medalists. This address boasts the highest number of billionaires in the United States....

Based on a traditional spoken tale, this Bertolt Brecht inspired musical humorously denounces poverty and insecurity, while ending on a very sarcastic note. A fine example of activist hand-crafted filmmaking....

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To make his frivolous nephew see the error of his ways, a shipowner takes under his wing his bookish secretary to give her a complete makeover, bent on making him notice her. But, can the new and improved lady win the philanderer's heart?...

Jharia, India, one of the most dangerous places on earth. Fires rage underground, smoke and dangerous fumes belch from cracks in the ground. This is the home of Anant, an 8 year old boy who scrapes a living picking coal and selling it at the local ma...