Iqbal
MovieTitle | Iqbal |
User score | 5.9 |
Release date | Dec 22, 1998 |
Genre | Drama, TV Movie |
Director | Cinzia TH Torrini |
Production country | Italy, Sweden |
Production companies | RAI |
Run time | 98 min. |
Iqbal is about an Asian boy who gets sold by his father to a small carpentry production company in which child labour is supported. His "master" is a cruel man, imposing a ridiculous behaviour catalogue with strict charges. The children, about 5-10 years of age, have to work all day and they´re not allowed to go to toilet while at work, let alone visit their parents. Iqbal soon realizes that this is a massive injustice, especially when a member of the (unindentified) country´s Communist and Anti-child labour party takes photographs of the children.