OLIVER TWIST (Oliver Twist)
Directed by: Roman PolanskiCast list: Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Leanne Rowe
Country: United Kingdom, Czech Republic, France, Italy
Year: 2005
Genres: Drama /
Runtime: 130 min.
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It is an adaptation from the novel by Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist is an orphan, who is soon kicked out of the orphanage and thrown into a terrible home. The bad treatment Oliver receives forces him to run off to London. Here, he is soon picked up by Artful Dodger and taken to Fagin who teaches him to steal. Fagin treats Oliver well, but it is not the life that Oliver really wants.
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Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Literature / History / Basque language /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / children, children’s rights / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / politics, political systems /
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