A group of seemingly unrelated vignettes emerge as bothpersonal and distant, but always intensely emotional in tone... finally, shaping upas a sketch-book on some features that seem to mark the lives of those who grow uppoor in poor countries. This personal narrative offers neither formulas norsolutions: rather, it is a random pursuit for answers that ultimately unravels intoa series of lyrical epiphanies. A sharp eye for detail and a stirring poeticnarration turn the images of this film into a moving metaphor for all kinds ofwide-raging inequities.