A harrowing account of life on some of the world's most dangerous streets, this hard-hitting documentary follows 13-year-old Carlito as he shows his decimated neighbourhood to filmmaker Jean-Stephane Sauvaire. Carlito lives in Medellin, Colombia's second-largest city, where armed boys hold out against the paramilitary, gangs of criminals, and violent guerrillas. While American kids his age enjoy their cell phones and computer games, Carlito carries a statue of the Virgin around his old neighbourhood, listening to the shell-shocked residents confess their sad stories, pray to the Holy Mother, and reveal their last hopes and dreams.
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A harrowing account of life on some of the world's most dangerous streets, this hard-hitting documentary follows 13-year-old Carlito as he shows his decimated neighbourhood to filmmaker Jean-Stephane Sauvaire. Carlito lives in Medellin, Colombia's second-largest city, where armed boys hold out against the paramilitary, gangs of criminals, and violent guerrillas. While American kids his age enjoy their cell phones and computer games, Carlito carries a statue of the Virgin around his old neighbourhood, listening to the shell-shocked residents confess their sad stories, pray to the Holy Mother, and reveal their last hopes and dreams.