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00:00The film is about a woman who takes her young son, leaves her husband and moves in with
00:11her lover.
00:13The boy, desperate to get his parents back together, becomes convicted that if only he
00:23can get his father's stolen motorcycle back, everything will be fine again.
00:32The film is 1999 released Portugal drama and the title of the movie is Jamie.
00:43The film is about a 13-year-old boy, Jamie, who leaves with his mother, her boyfriend
00:53and two little sisters in a suburban neighborhood in Portugal.
01:02The years are tough and across the country, many children are made to work by their parents
01:12to contribute to the family budget.
01:17Child labor is illegal in the country, but most families are on the edge and are forced
01:26to take desperate measures.
01:31The businesses are also willing to take in the kids and exploit them as they are able
01:41to demand as much from them as for adult workers, while paying reduced wages and no
01:51taxes to the government.
01:54Jamie's parents are separated.
01:58He leaves with his mother, but unlike some of his classmates, no one forces him to work.
02:08And yet he sneaks out each night to work at a local bakery and saves the money, hoping
02:19to improve his life and reunite his mother and father.
02:26The film opens with a scene in a bakery where we see how Jamie and other teenage boys spend
02:36their evenings.
02:38The job is not easy, and after witnessing a job-related accident with a friend of his
02:48who loses his finger, Jamie is fired by his boss, who fears that the accident will attract
02:59the attention of work inspectors.
03:04The hard night time works takes its toll and Jamie and another boy from his class are caught
03:14sleeping at school.
03:17The two boys argue with the teacher that they were not asleep and buddy up later in school's
03:28playground while escaping from a work inspector who has come to talk with their teacher.
03:38Jamie asks his classmate, a 12-year-old boy, to find a job at the place he works.
03:49From that moment on, the two kids spend time together as movers, gold candies and weightlifters
04:00and even manages to land a job at a construction site.
04:05They are just kids and yet trying to act as if they were little men, assuming responsibilities
04:15and taking risks in life.