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Iqbal

Iqbal

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 22, 1998

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

59%

Original Title

Iqbal

Production Companies

RAI

Director

Cinzia TH Torrini

Description

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.