- Actors: Tewfik Jallab, Younesse Boudache, Salah Teskouk, Fatiha Cheriguene, Agathe de La Fontaine
- Directors: Gilles de Maistre
- Writers: Gilles de Maistre, Claude Klotz, Miguel Courtois Paternina
- Producers: Gilles de Maistre, Boudjemaa Dahmane, Catherine Mazières, Cléo Daran
- Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language Arabic, French
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Picture This
- DVD Release Date: 13 Feb 2007
- Run Time: 90 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B000KGGISM
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 116,795 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I wasnt sure what to expect from the film but the i'm certainly glad i took the time to watch it.
Even though i do not speak french and had to read the sub titles, the story had me gripped, several friends who came around to watch it with me who are also not ones for subtitles enjoyed it so much they went out to buy their own copies.
It follows the true story of a lebanese boy sold by his uncle to islamic extremists to be trained as a boy soldier, it is in turns beautifull and horrifying at the same time, and you really start to care for the two main boy actors who the story unravels around.
Make no mistake lads this is not a chick flick, there is plenty of violence to sink your teeth into, but it is not unrelistic or gratuitous, it is definately one of those films that you'll remember long after watching it.
Even though i do not speak french and had to read the sub titles, the story had me gripped, several friends who came around to watch it with me who are also not ones for subtitles enjoyed it so much they went out to buy their own copies.
It follows the true story of a lebanese boy sold by his uncle to islamic extremists to be trained as a boy soldier, it is in turns beautifull and horrifying at the same time, and you really start to care for the two main boy actors who the story unravels around.
Make no mistake lads this is not a chick flick, there is plenty of violence to sink your teeth into, but it is not unrelistic or gratuitous, it is definately one of those films that you'll remember long after watching it.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Can we educate children to hate and kill? Absolutely.
20 Mar 2007
Format:DVD
A must see film about the horror of child terrorists and soldiers...not just for society at large but for these young adults as well. The film opens with a boy being sold by his Lebanese parents to become a child solider who is indoctrinated (as Number 3) to hate Jews and Gentiles. He becomes an excellent soldier for the cause of hate and is then flown to France to fulfill a mission to assassinate the President of France. A true story.
Filmed as a thriller - documentary style - the master terrorists have everything planned to the last detail but this...they failed to consider the impact of a friendship this young boy develops for a Parisian boy his own age. The most touching scene is the gentleness in which the French boy comforts the young soldier who is deeply troubled by nightmares in losing his parents and his innocence. And the most haunting line of the film, spoken by the child soldier - "what's it like being a boy."
Filmed as a thriller - documentary style - the master terrorists have everything planned to the last detail but this...they failed to consider the impact of a friendship this young boy develops for a Parisian boy his own age. The most touching scene is the gentleness in which the French boy comforts the young soldier who is deeply troubled by nightmares in losing his parents and his innocence. And the most haunting line of the film, spoken by the child soldier - "what's it like being a boy."
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The Tags for this item are ridiculous and it is not a true story.
14 Dec 2009
Format:DVD
This is an intriguing and powerful film that never quite reaches it potential. Just when you start to really get wrapped up, the story stretches credulity to the breaking point. The films young stars are remarkable and that is consistent. There's a lot to be said, but I don't want to "review" the film. I want to comment on the tags.
My first reaction: Huh?!?!?! This is a film about a boy who whose family has been torn apart by war and Israeli aggression and because of that he is so desperate for revenge. Exploiting this, unscrupulous radicals take his name, give him a number and turn him into a child killer. He's sent to France to befriend another boy, learn his ways and get into an event in which the French President will be meeting with children in order to assassinate him. This is a film in which children are exploited and nearly murdered in cold blood. It's a political thriller. Not the greatest, but a political thriller nonetheless. So what is up with these tags? This is not a "gay" film. The kids pre-adolescent! I don't remember any nudity. Did the tags get mixed up with those from some kind of soft porn film perhaps?
Killer KidAlso, as far as I know, this is NOT a true story. It is adapted from a French novel by Claude Klotz and Marie Lescure. You can find it it you search on their names.
My first reaction: Huh?!?!?! This is a film about a boy who whose family has been torn apart by war and Israeli aggression and because of that he is so desperate for revenge. Exploiting this, unscrupulous radicals take his name, give him a number and turn him into a child killer. He's sent to France to befriend another boy, learn his ways and get into an event in which the French President will be meeting with children in order to assassinate him. This is a film in which children are exploited and nearly murdered in cold blood. It's a political thriller. Not the greatest, but a political thriller nonetheless. So what is up with these tags? This is not a "gay" film. The kids pre-adolescent! I don't remember any nudity. Did the tags get mixed up with those from some kind of soft porn film perhaps?
Killer KidAlso, as far as I know, this is NOT a true story. It is adapted from a French novel by Claude Klotz and Marie Lescure. You can find it it you search on their names.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Great movie, great child actors
9 Feb 2008
Format:DVD
I loved the actors, especially the two children. The story is good, worth watching. I don't understand the tags, there's not so much as a shirtless scene anywhere in the movie, everyone is fully dressed for winter in Europe, no gay or romantic scenes, and I wouldn't call it coming-of-age they are really young. But overall well filmed & worth watching.
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