The film which is set in Bucharest, Romania, explores the lives of five children who are shown fighting, abusing themselves, and becoming addicted to Aurolac.

The street kids are encountered daily by commuting adults, who pass them by in the station as they starve, swindle, and steal, all while searching desperately for a fresh can of paint to get high with.

As the kids panhandle, fight and sleep on cardboard boxes, either on the train platforms or the public parks above ground, they inhale Aurolac, an industrial adhesive used in the construction and repair of teracotta, from plastic bags.

Cristina Ionescu: Aged 16, spent her young life in an orphanage where she experienced abuse and beatings.

He cuts himself after the group travels to a park (Ana has a tantrum and takes it out on him) and shows signs of emotional suffering.

The release of the DVD allowed extra insight into the children's situations after the initial re-visiting shown in the film.

Her baby was given to a non-profit adoptive organization and she continued living off of the streets using only the income from her girlfriend's prostitution.

For some time, he enjoyed education in general schooling and French language before returning to Bucharest to live with a social worker.

[5] Robert Koehler from Variety wrote "It's hard to imagine sadder or more infuriating social conditions than those exposed in tyro documaker Edet Belzberg's astonishing "Children Underground."

This verite look at desperately homeless children surviving on the streets and in the subway tunnels of Bucharest will stir debate and emotions.".