'Little Terrorist' is one of those short films that could have been made into a feature film and probably would be better. It tells the story of ten year old Jamal (Julfugar Ali) who crosses the border from Pakistan to India by accident. He is Muslim and two Hindus protect him from the soldiers who are looking for the "terrorist" that crossed the border.
The film makes a statement and does it pretty good, but again, a feature film would have done the subject matter more justice. Now we do not really learn to know the characters (although that might be a good thing when it comes to kindness from strangers) and some elements seem rushed. The band the Muslim boy has with the older Hindu is established in one sentence: both like cricket and the boy lost his ball, which caused him to cross the border, where the old man used to play. It is not that much of a problem, but I would not have mind to see more of this story.
The film makes a statement and does it pretty good, but again, a feature film would have done the subject matter more justice. Now we do not really learn to know the characters (although that might be a good thing when it comes to kindness from strangers) and some elements seem rushed. The band the Muslim boy has with the older Hindu is established in one sentence: both like cricket and the boy lost his ball, which caused him to cross the border, where the old man used to play. It is not that much of a problem, but I would not have mind to see more of this story.