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THE KID-Silent Film/53 minutes/Director-Charles Chaplin/1921
This is the debut full-length film of the maestro, Charlie Chaplin. The movie was released in 1921 and continues to inspire both kids and adults. The iconic tramp enacted by Charlie Chaplin finds himself in a bizarre situation when a small kid who was abandoned by his mother, accidentally enters his life. All his attempts to avoid the kid become futile. As the film progresses, we see the tramp and the child plodding through impoverished life trials. The seemingly comical depictions of their strange life styles, evokes hilarity as well as a sense of pain in the hearts of the viewers. The climax, is also perfectly structured with a happy ending. Even after a century of its making, “The Kid” is still watched with awe inspiring sensibility even now.