homeless person child in the slum of Rio are drive out of their impermanent shelter by ruthless gangster in this drab play. The child last by reflect place, steal, and cut the string section of the kite to sell them subsequently to others. Tired of life on the street, one boy turn himself over to the police force in hope he will be send to reform school in a last despairing effort to last. This characteristic from acclaimed Swedish manager Arne Sucksdorff look at the 1965 Cannes movie Festival.