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El Polaquito (2003)
Directed by Juan Carlos Desanzo
“First you have to know how to suffer, then love, then leave.”
Drama, Action · 1h 32m
At age 13, a street kid known as "El Polaquito" makes his living mostly by singing tangos on Buenos Aires commuter trains. He falls in love with a 16 year old prostitute, also working for the Mafia controlling child exploitation in one of Argentina's busiest train stations. He tries to rescue her from this cruel life with no future. But to do so, he must confront the ruthless adult gang leaders, as well as the young kids who protect them, believing that this Mafia is truly their only option.
Cast
Abel Ayala
Marina Glezer
Fernando Roa
Roly Serrano
Víctor Hugo Carrizo
Osvaldo Sanders
Fabián Arenillas
Crew
- Director
- Juan Carlos Desanzo
- Writer
- Juan Carlos Desanzo, Lito Espinosa
- Director of Photography
- Carlos Torlaschi
- Original Music Composer
- Martín Bianchedi
- Editor
- Sergio Zóttola
- Producer
- José María Calleja, Juan Carlos Desanzo
Details
- Release date
- 2003-10-09
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Argentina, Spain
- Production
- Alma Alta International Pictures, Area Digital, TVE, Canal+ España, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, ICO