ENC: The Grown Ups

Mon. 5 Jun, 2017 at 7:00pm SAST
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Price: R55.00
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ENC: The Grown Ups

The Bioscope is proud to welcome back The Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival.


Tickets R55


The Grown Ups (2016)


Directed by: Maite Alberdi 


80min


 


“Who are we? Conscious adults,” chorus the protagonists of Alberdi’s empathetic study of four forty-year-old students at a Down’s Syndrome school in Chile where, ironically, the film is titled The Children.


Some are mature enough to want it, and yet it ill-equipped to cope with the responsibilities that independence brings, they are stuck. The film points to the failure of a system that does not differentiate, treating them all as minors, without rights. Anita and Andres plan to marry, child-like Rita collects Barbies, and class-president Ricardo saves his money for his independent future. The film reveals the progress and setbacks of their desires, and ultimately accords them the respect that these diverse, enchanting personalities deserve.

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The Bioscope Independent Cinema 286 Fox Street
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001
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