Enfants des Courants d’Air (Children Adrift)
Director: Édouard Luntz
France 1959
26 minutes
Winner of the prestigious Prix Jean Vigo in 1960, this visually stunning short film captures a day in the life of a young boy growing up in the slums of Paris. As universal as its poignant evocation of childhood under poverty is, it is also a highly specific human document, revealing a network of immigrant groups helping each other get by.