Silvia (35) and her daughter Mara (9) enter Bucharest at midnight. They ran away from home after a violent family conflict. They plan to stay with Silvia’s sister, at least until the next day. Throughout this eventful night, Silvia discovers that everyone has already decided what kind of help she needs. For Mara it’s a night that changes the way she perceives the adults around her.
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This is not a film, it’s a drop tower. A drop tower that you don’t get off of for the vast majority of its 106-minute runtime.
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A young girl named Hailey Mays sings a country song that is named after the film's title.
The film exhibits a respect for the craft and an empathy for human tribulations that have historically been ignored.
I came across Urchin by chance and decided to watch it because of the title. It made me think of the spiky animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean, and the old Dickensian novels, where an urchin was an orphaned, homeless child in shaggy and dirty clothes.
