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During the Great Depression, a 10-year-old homeless boy sets out in search of a man he believes to be his father.
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In an unnamed Third World country, in the not-so-distant future, three “dumpsite boys” make a living picking through the mountains of garbage on the outskirts of a large city.
One...
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