- Oliver, an 11-year-old boy thrown out of his home by his abusive stepfather, joins a gang of street children and is exposed to narcotics, violence and sexual predators, and the world of crime seems to be the only road available.
- Oliver an eleven-year-old boy is thrown away from his house by his stepfather. His mother watches everything and does nothing, afraid of being hurt. Since this moment, Oliver lives in the streets where he meets other kids that, for different reasons, came to the same place as him. With no other choice, he joins "the gang" to find food and other things to survive: a shelter under a bridge to sleep and the glue that makes him forget.
- Elia Schneider directed this deep dark drama about the reality of street children in Latin-America. This films is quite amusing and keeps the viewer interested throughout its chain of events. the main character is Oliver, a child thrown out of his house by his abusive stepfather. Once in the streets, Oliver joins a gang of street children, and the world of crime seems to be the only road available.
*****SPOILER ALERT*****
Oliver is cast out from his poor home by his drunk stepfather, his mother can't stop it. He walks the street trying to survive. Hungry, desperate, he witnesses how other street children steal and pan handle to get some food. He joins a small group of kids. they are exposed to other perils in the streets: drugs, criminals, rapists, and the only way to survive is to stay in the gang. He befriends an older kid name "Chino", also known as "Tarado" ( who is considered to be a dumb one, retarded one), as they get involved in the street life, Oliver meets the adult criminals and part of their drug business and robberies. Chino discovers and robs the main gansters' "caleta", the place where they hide their weapons and drugs, and runs away with them. Chino hides the "bounty" in his own hiding place in the city dumpters, Chino is later arrested. As the older gansters begin to look for Chino, Oliver goes back to his Caleta, that he shares with Chino, and finds the weapons and drugs. Another kid helps Oliver sell the drugs. Oliver goes back his mother's home, as a made man, and brings money to his family. Chino escapes from jail, and goes back to the kids gang. At this point the older gangsters and the bad cops are having a feud about who controls their drug business, and they begin to eliminate each other. At the end they have a major gun battle at the cemetary that decides who rules the drug trade. A bad cop comes after Chino in the city sewer, and Oliver gets the worst part of the fight.
Real, raw, gruesome, cold blooded, made with the real people, you will really enjoy watching this film.
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