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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Goethe-Institut German Film: The Foster Boy (Der Ve
 rdingbub)\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441656543/Goe
 theInstitut_German_Film_The_Foster_Boy_Der_Verdingbub\nEvent Date Begin: 2
 013-02-24\nEvent Date End: 2013-02-24\n\nBetween 1800 and the 1950s\, Swis
 s authorities forcefully placed hundred thousands of orphans\, illegitimat
 e children and kids from broken homes as laborers on farms. Officially coi
 ned as a measure to battle child poverty\, this practice eventually instit
 uted a modern form of slavery. Protagonist of the (fictional) story of 'De
 r Verdingbub' is 12-year-old orphan Max\, who is sold by the local ministe
 r for a basket of food to the B&ouml\;siger family\, who own a mountain fa
 rm. Max' initial hope of finally finding a loving home is brutally shatter
 ed: The farmer and his wife treat Max like livestock\, and their son Jacob
  humiliates and abuses him. Only the local teacher notices the child suffe
 ring on the farm. By fostering his musical talent\, she tries to encourage
  Max and teach him self-respect. When Berteli\, a 15-year-old girl\, is al
 so placed on the farm\, her budding friendship with Max leads to a catastr
 ophe.
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SUMMARY:Goethe-Institut German Film: The Foster Boy (Der Verdingbub)
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