Human Rights Watch International Film Festival - London

Behind Closed Eyes(UK Premiere)
Duco Tellegen - Holland - 2000 - 100m - 35mm - documentary
In various languages with English subtitles

What happens when a child soldier is both a criminal and a victim of his country's war in Liberia? How does Eranda, a 7-year-old refugee from Kosovo, adjust to her life in a Macedonian refugee camp, in a temporary shelter in the Netherlands and then back in her war torn country in less then two years without bitterness? A young Rwandan girl becomes a mother before her eighteenth birthday. How does she learn to love her child and herself despite the violence that brought about the child's birth? "BEHIND CLOSED EYES explores how four children of war learn to build a future, despite their past. These children develop compassion for themselves on their journey to survival. Their stories leave you at the edge of your seat and teach us the meaning of courage.
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