Australia

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How do seven young people, former street children from Romania, get to see the Pacific Ocean? On 1 December 2008, a Romanian national team participates for the first time in the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne, Australia. The film follows the team from the formation of the squad to the end of the championship. The young people are from Timisoara and Arad, runaway children who now live in abandoned houses or who have managed to get a job and live in rented accommodation after going through orphanages or prisons. After taking a beating from many teams, the young Romanians manage to beat the USA. They are happy. They are all thinking of never going "home" again. It's warm and nice here, the people are nice. "In case I stay, I kissed you all!" says one of them cautiously. But after taking pictures of themselves on the beach with the ocean behind them and beautiful girls by their side, the seven return to Romania and get on with their lives.

Country:
Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

64 minutes

Year:

2009

Director:

Claudiu Mitcu

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Company:

HBO Romania

Cast:
Florin Batrinu

himself

Vasile Bereghi

himself

Beniamin Calancea

himself

Pavel Calancea

himself

Claudiu Kostity

himself

Crew:
Claudiu Mitcu

Writer

Claudiu Mitcu

Director

Andrei Cretulescu

Producer

Tudor Giurgiu

Producer

Anca Harabagiu

Producer