Street kids doing whatever it takes—who's really the monster here?
A group of homeless kids and their struggle to earn money by going through trash,stealing,disturbing drugs and prostitution. The film sheds the light on what makes them do up-normal behaviors to survive and that society and government are responsible for this spreading of this issue.
Acting
Non-professional kids deliver devastating authenticity.
Direction
Atef's neo-realist approach refuses to look away.
Director
Ahmed Atef
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Egypt's 2000s social realist wave that government censors frequently battled.
Title 'The Forest' implies these children are feral not by nature but by neglect—civilization's unwanted growing wild.
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