LE BATEAU EN CARTON

France
2010 (no copyright date on print screened)
80 minutes

Romanian gypsies immigrate illegally to France to make a better life for themselves by begging. Well-meaning but shapeless documentary that manages to show the generally unnoticed side of a hot-button issue without really engaging with it in cinematic terms.

Directed by José Vieira; no further credits on print screened.
A Zeugma Films production. 
Screened: DocLisboa advance DVD screener, Lisbon, October 19th 2010.

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