Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the support of the Ministério de Educaçao do Brasil - CAPES, Canadian International Development Agency, Canadian Heritage, Health Canada, Société Radio-Canada and Premiere Medien GmbH & Co. KG., (Germany).

Director, Zabelle Côté ; script, Zabelle Côté ; animation, Zabelle Côté ; director, Daniel Schorr ; script, Daniel Schorr ; animation, Daniel Schorr ; producer, Thérèse Descary ; animation camera, Jacques Avoine, Pierre Landry, Lynda Pelley, Raymond Dumas ; sound, Paulo Brandão ; music, Paulo Brandão ; editing, Suzanne Allard ; sound editing, Ginette Bellavance, Daniel Toussaint.

Recorded 1995.

A woman does laundry to support her husband and three children. The children are obliged to work at a very young age and are terrorized and robbed by their stepfather. Unable to take it any more, the little boy runs away from home. Based on article 27 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this film illustrates children's right to an adequate standard of living. A film without words.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Public Award, 1995 "USC/UNICEF Rights of the Child" Award, 1995 Best Short Animated Film - Category: 6 to 10 minutes, 1995 Giffoni Film Festival Award - for the Rights from the Heart Series (3 parts) for all-round constant creative achievement and artistic integrity in the cinema, 1997

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).