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Do we really prefer money to freedom and happiness?

Author: Igor Kovac (igor.kovac@ri.tel.hr) from Rijeka, Croatia
5 August 1999

A beautiful movie about greed. A beautiful movie about children. A beautiful movie about poor people in India and elsewhere. Every one should contemplate about it. Do not let it happen again!

1 out of 2 people found the following review useful:

Good subject, average movie

Author: sechriwa from Leonberg, Germany
14 October 2002

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. Iqbal manages to escape a few times and gets sold to another master as a consequence. However, he improves his working skills and gets a reputation as a hard-working rebel.

The movie Iqbal is a well made movie with a very important subject: Child labour in Third World countries. The acting -especially the child actors- is amazing but the plot isn´t as strong. Sometimes the dialogue lines are too cliché-like and a kind of simple. The movie is loosely based on a true story, but I guess there are a lot of other Iqbals in the world right now, fighting for Human Rights. I recommend the book No Logo by Naomi Klein on the subject.

Important subject, well-made but not really amazing movie.

7 out of 10 points.

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