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Director: Thomas Balmès
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From Time Out London
Filmed over a year, this French documentary follows the first 12 months in the lives of four babies from across the world: a village in the Namibian bush, a yurt on the Mongolian steppes, Tokyo, and San Fransisco. Shot with unobtrusive but quiet visual flair, the movie reveals key moments of childhood development – breast feeding, interacting with other kids, learning to walk – with little dialogue and no voiceover. Differences in child-rearing approaches emerge from the film's global perspective – the Namibian mum's method of using her knee to wipe her child's bum is unlikely to figure in many western books on good parenting – but the tenderness and love is a constant in all the families featured. The view of these young ones that emerge is perhaps a little too cloying – there are suspiciously few tantrums here – but, heck, there's no getting round it, babies are cute.Author: Edward Lawrenson
Time Out London Issue 2115: March 3 - 9, 2011
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- El Kirstinio said...
- Posted on Mar 04 2011 16:47 Looks like it isn't on in London at all - only Liverpool and Southampton when I searched...
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- Paul said...
- Posted on Jul 19 2010 22:24 me too!
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Posted on May 14 2010 09:29
Thanks for writting this review!
I really really want to see this film but WHERE is it playing in London????
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Cast & crew
Director: Thomas Balmès
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 79 mins
UK Release: Mar 4 2011
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