• Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, FILMS DU REVE (LES)

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2004

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    NON-THEATRICAL, TV, VOD, DVD

After 14 years of war, Liberia is a devastated country where uncontrolled gangs of child-soldiers live. They are boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 17. For the first time, they remorselessly tell of their stories in great detail.

It's capital, Monravia, is a devastated town controlled by the UN.
Gangs of child-soldiers live in the country without any form of control. They are driven by older leaders belonging to two main rebel movements fighting against ex-president Charles Taylor's regime: the LURD in the West and North, the MODEL in the East.

January 2004: The first reintegration centres for child-soldiers are created around Monravia. Youth workers attempt to bring these children, whose childhood has been crushed in violence and savagery, back to a "normal life"
These youngsters speak out for the first time. Aged between 10 and 17, they give details of the acts of violence they committed.

2005 : "Mention documentaire" at the Prix Media of the Children Foundation. 2004 : Official Selection World Film Festival (Canada).