Spartacus & Cassandra

Feb 11 2015 N/A 1h 20m
Documentary

“When I was one year old I was already walking. At two, I was eating dirt. At three, my father was in prison. At four, I begged with my sister. At seven, I came to France.” Those are the words of Spartacus, a Roma child who, at 13, has already accumulated the experiences of several lifetimes. He and his sister Cassandre, 10, scrape out a living with an alcoholic, melodramatic father and a mother who begs them to free her from her husband’s tyranny. With the help of an exceptional social worker, they manage to detach themselves from their terrible parents and experience childhood as they never could before.

Plot

Spartacus and Cassandra, the children of two homeless Roma, have been taken in by the young street worker Camille. In her little community she helps homeless and poor children and performs art music and circus acts with them. She takes special care of the Roma siblings and is struggling to become their legal custodian, as their parents try to take them back onto the street.

Written by

Samuel Luret, Ioanis Nuguet

Directed by

Ioanis Nuguet

Cast

Cassandra Dumitru, Spartacus Ursu, Camille Brisson

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

CNC, Morgane Production

Languages

Français

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
116
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA