Are you up to a real survivor show, not just the imbecilic concoctions of big TV Hollywood? A rousing documentary on the street children of Cairo, "These Girls" is an agonizing and uplifting depiction of street survival at its most daunting. With its jaunty style, in keeping with the overpowering child-like energy of the girls themselves, this inspired document is not your typical sour examination of an "important subject." Fending off gangs of predatory boys, dealing with intermittently appearing abusive fathers, and nourishing their own children, it's a daily survival struggle.

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