Hungry angels

Instructional film dealing with issue of malnutrition. Follows cases of three children - Maria, born to country peasants; Pedro, child of an urban single mother; and Carlos, the baby of a middle-class couple. As a result of poverty and ignorance, the first two children grow up constantly ill with dysentry and other ailments until, several years later, they are taken to hospital, close to death. The third child is fed well,has regular checkups and grows up healthy and happy.