In 1982 Leon made a series of portraits of young people in a few different countries. What they all had in common was that they all had committed some criminal offence. They were all talented, funny interesting and likable people - but some of them were hoping to be successful criminals… |
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| :: TEL AVIV | |
| Puls Tel-Aviv was the pilot project. Leon went with a social worker on a trip to the Sinai desert. He brought a group of delinquent youngsters to visit the areas which were to be given back to Egypt. He was trying to make them conscious of the political situation in the country, this way to pull them out their anti-social frame of mind ... | |
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| :: STOCKHOLM | |
| This film convinced SVT in Stockholm to fund the other three films. Puls Stockholm is about a young Turkish immigrant, Adil, who was a skillful thief. His inventivness unfortunately leading him deeper and deeper into crime ... | |
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| :: LONDON | |
| Puls London is about Tony, a talented regae musician and a potential boxer falls for the temptation of breaking and entering ... | |
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| :: BARCELONA | |
| Puls Barcelona is about a group of Gitanos who live in a shanty-town called La Perona. They steal cars and mug people while dreaming of doing bank-robberies. Flamenco accompanies their build up to Xmas ... | |
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