THE GROWN UPS

LOS NIÑOS

By Maite ALBERDI

MICROMUNDO PRODUCCIONES - as PROD

Social issues - Completed 2016

A group of friends with Down syndrome have attended the same school for over 40 years, they’re aging and they have not been allowed to live adulthood on their own

Festivals
& Awards

IDFA 2016
BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2017
Human Rights Competition
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017
London Film Festival 2017
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017
Cleveland International Film festival 2017
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2017
Latin Wave : New Films from Latin America 2017
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Social issues, Documentary
    • Countries
    • CHILE, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, COLOMBIA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 83 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Maite ALBERDI
    • Writer(s)
    • Maite ALBERDI
    • Producer(s)
    • Maite ALBERDI (Micromundo Producciones)
    • Synopsis
    • A group of friends with Down Syndrome have attended to the same school for over 40 years, and they don’t want to continue complying with school obligations. Most of their parents are dead, and none of them thought their kids would outlive them. They always believed that when their parents died, they would be able to do those things they weren´t allowed to do before, like living on their own, having sex, being parents, getting married, and having a real job. But things are not changing for them, and they have to deal with the frustration of living as if they were still ten-years-olds, although they are almost fifty.