Cinéma soleil
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Two young Haitian, Claudy (15) and Wilner (24), in spite of misery, grubbiness and violence ruling Soleil town, do not yield to despair. A few accumulators, a television set, a video-recorder and some old movie posters are enough to open a homemade cinema. Getting over thousands of problems they succeed in carrying out their small business. Thanks to a strong vitality and an endless enthusiasm, the little cinema meets with outstanding success, due to a nearly nominal ticket price and to kung fu movies, so beloved by children. It is the story of a fulfilled dream and even more the open evidence of the power of cinema, able to pick the boys up out of the gutter, becoming a cheerful meeting place. As one of the movie-goers says: «At the cinema we do not feel the pangs of hunger».
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