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El Polaquito

First you have to know how to suffer, then love, then leave.

2003 · 1h 32m

Directed by Juan Carlos Desanzo

6.8

TMDB audience score
45 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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  • Plex

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Cast

  • Abel Ayala
    El Polaquito

  • Marina Glezer
    La Pelu

  • Fernando Roa
    El Vieja

  • Roly Serrano
    El Rengo

  • Víctor Hugo Carrizo
    Drugstore's sales man

  • Osvaldo Sanders

  • Fabián Arenillas