THE GROWN-UPS
synopsis
A group of friends with Down Syndrome have been attending the same school for 40 years, they have passed all the courses, all the teachers and, even their parents who were with them, are now gone. They must now fight to get a better job, to make money like any other person, to learn to take care of themselves and to make it to their 50's. No one looks at them as children. They will do everything to prevent anyone from interfering with their adult dreams.
international title: | Los niños |
original title: | The Grown-Ups |
country: | Netherlands, France, Chile |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Maite Alberdi |
film run: | 67' |
release date: | FR 15/11/2017, NL 19/11/2017, UK 8/10/2017 |
screenplay: | Maite Alberdi |
cast: | Rita Guzmán, Andrés Martínez, Ana Rodriguez, Ricardo Urzúa |
cinematography by: | Pablo Valdés |
film editing: | Menno Boerema, Juan Eduardo Murillo |
music: | Miguel Miranda |
producer: | Maite Alberdi |
executive producer: | Sebastián Brahm, Fleur Knopperts, Denis Vaslin |
production: | Volya Films, Mandra Films, Micromundo Producciones (CL) |
distributor: | BF Distribution (CL) |