Film

Iqbal

1998 · 1h 38m · Drama · TV Movie

IMDb

6.5

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.

Lucky Dias

Imran

Trelicia Gunawardena

Imran's wife

Veena Jayakody

Signora Maruf

Rajindra Jayasinghe

Iqbal (12 anni)

Ravindra Randeniya

Baba

Mohamed Rizlan

Iqbal Piccolo

Prageeth Sanjeeva

Ahmed

Iranganie Serasinghe

Nonna

Roshan Seth

Ulla Khasi

Yashoda Wimaladharma

Fatima

• Cinzia TH TorriniDirector
• Francesco MarcucciScreenplay
• James CarringtonScreenplay
• Andrea PurgatoriScreenplay
• Stefano PancaldiDirector of Photography

Release date

December 22, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

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