Streeters (2001)
"De la calle" (original title)

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.

Director:

Gerardo Tort

Writers:

Jesús González Dávila (play), Marina Stavenhagen

Stars:

Luis Fernando Peña, Maya Zapata, Armando Hernández

22 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Rufino (15) roams the streets of Mexico City. He tries his best to look after the youngest homeless children who survive on a diet of glue and hash and sleep in the sewers at night. Rufino earns some money doing hard and dirty work, such as moving meat around a slaughterhouse. Rufino sells a bag of cocaine for Ochoa, a corrupt cop who has Rufino's district in his power and is also the lover of Rufino's adoptive mother. He decides to use the money to flee the city with his girlfriend and her baby. Ochoa sets off after them. Just as Rufino seems able to escape, he finds out that his real father is still alive. Obsessed by this knowledge, Rufino doesn't want to leave until he has found his father.

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Plot Keywords:

transvestite | male rape | incest rape | gay interest | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

12 October 2001 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Haminia

Filming Locations:

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), Tiempo y Tono Films, Zimat Consultores

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Voy"
Written by 'Diego Herrera'
Performed by 'Diego Herrera'

User Reviews

POWERFUL FILM THAT WILL CAPTURE YOUR HEART

I saw this film at the LATINO film festival in Hollywood, CA and the experiance was great and the movie was very powerful. Both the director and writer were there after the film and reinforced what was clear throughout the movie that this movie came directly form the heart and nothing would compromise that. Many people in the industry wanted the director to change the morbid ending.