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Long Live the Hobos (1995)
Directed by Ana Poliak
Documentary · 1h 15m
One day in 1930, José Américo Ghezzi ("Bepo")—an unemployed anarchist stonemason—leaves his hometown, not to return until 1955. For twenty-five years, he wanders with no direction other than the path of the railway tracks, joining the silent world of the "crotos"—itinerant laborers—where he meets "the Frenchman," a mentor who leaves an indelible mark on his life. Back home, his friends and a woman await him, weaving the fabric of their own lives. Sixty years later, facing the camera, he relives his romances and his worldview in a kind of collage of perspectives and dreams, centered on the fundamental question: "Is freedom possible?"
Cast
Pedro Loeb
Crew
- Director
- Ana Poliak
- Writer
- Ana Poliak
- Director of Photography
- Willi Behnisch
- Editor
- Luis Mutti, Ana Poliak
- Producer
- Ana Poliak
Details
- Original title
- ¡Que vivan los crotos!
- Release date
- 1995-03-25
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Argentina, Cuba, Spain, United Kingdom
- Production
- Viada Producciones, Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, TVE, ONF | NFB, INCAA, Channel Four Films