De la calle (2001)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Gerardo Tort

Writers:

Jesús González Dávila (play)
Marina Stavenhagen (writer)

Release Date:

12 October 2001 (Mexico)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

La calle es de quien la trabaja, vive y ama en ella.

Plot:

Authentic and committed, moving and stormy drama of street kids from Mexico City. Wonderful adaptation of successful play about street kids who have more trouble with corrupt cops, than with dirty and heavy work.

Plot Keywords:

Gay Interest | Transvestite | Female Nudity | Incest Rape | Based On Play

Awards:

22 wins & 16 nominations

Cast

Luis Fernando Peña	...	Rufino
Maya Zapata	...	Xóchitl
Armando Hernández	...	Cero
Mario Zaragoza	...	Ochoa
Luis Felipe Tovar	...	Chicharra
Vanessa Bauche	...	Amparo
Abel Woolrich	...	Félix
Cristina Michaus	...	Seño
Ernesto Yáñez	...	Gregorio
Alfonso Figueroa	...	Globero
Roberto 'Raki' Ríos	...	El Trueno (as Roberto Ríos 'Raki')
Jorge Zárate	...	Carnicero 'Don Lenche'
Norma Angélica	...	Gloria
Iván Rafael González	...	Juan
Óscar Sevilla	...	Antonio

Also Known As:

DeLaCalle (Mexico) (alternative spelling)
Streeters (International: English title)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Colour:

Colour

Filming Locations:

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company:

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)

Soundtrack:

Se felíz con el, per mi no hay pez

But you can't look away.

As a first-time reviewer, I'll do my best: This movie gently warmed my heart, then tore it out. Almost documentary in style and realism, I was lost immediately in the story. Reminiscent of "Amores Perros," and, more distantly, of "Y Tu Mama, Tambien," this is a tale of forgotten vagabonds in Mexico City, their loves and hopes and desperate acts. Although fictional, you know these lives exist, and that realization is almost too horrible to comprehend. I cried. Don't let this deter you, though. Wait until you're in a pensive mood, then watch. Hopefully you'll be a better person after. True art.