
Eric is a successful entrepreneur - in an unusual line of work: he provides people who want to cheat with watertight alibis. When Eric sees his ex-girlfriend from his student days, the vivacious interior designer Andrea, again, sparks fly between the two. But Andrea is horrified by Eric's job, as fidelity is the most important thing for her - she wants nothing more to do with Eric. But he comes up with a trick.
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.
When the retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale and a holiday spirit come together, viewers learn about class issues as well as perseverance despite setbacks.
The film exhibits a respect for the craft and an empathy for human tribulations that have historically been ignored.
Viewers get a glimpse of life of mediocrity in a world where humans and cartoon characters live together in this comeback.