Barneraneren (2016) watch online HD

What young men do (Barneraneren) is a documentary by documentary film maker Jon Haukeland about a group of three teenage boys which was among 19 on the same age who was accused of robbing children in Groruddalen, an outer part of Oslo with a large part of immigrant population.

The film originally was tiles Child robbers in plural, but late editing must be the reason for this film to follow one of them mainly.

The main character, and the storyteller, is the 15 year old Noah. He has a criminal record for years back, of petty crimes, but turning 15 he will now be charged for the crimes, and with possible prison sentences as a result. The film starts with the arrest of Noah, and follows the case. He is named and one of the child-robbers, though all the three claims that they didn't do what they are accused for.

The version I saw was not texted and since they all are speaking broken Norwegian, it's sometimes hard to grasp what they are saying, especially because the sound editing isn't exactly brilliant all the time.

The film gives a good depiction of the milieu and this part of Oslo, but is so slow moving and explaining that it disturbs the storytelling a bit for me. Still, if you have the patience in following a young astray boy struggling with changing friends and finding out other vales than crime, this is most certainly worth it.