Streeters

Released Apr 16, 2001

1h 26m

Drama

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100%

6 Reviews

Tomatometer

57%

500+ Ratings

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Rufino (Luis Fernando Peña) is a teenage boy forced to live in a foster home after his father goes missing. Without any parental supervision, Rufino enjoys a life of petty crime and recreational drug use. When his girlfriend, Xochitl (Maya Zapata), learns she is pregnant, Rufino hatches a plan to steal and sell a bag of cocaine in hopes of using the money to run away with her. Meanwhile, Rufino becomes obsessed with finding his father, who he believes is still alive.

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Luke Sader

Hollywood Reporter

An engrossing, contemporary look at the life of teenagers and young children living on and under the streets of Mexico City.

Aug 1, 2002

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Film Threat

Rated: 3/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

The height of unblinking realism punctuated here and again by a marvellous symbolic intelligence and marked by extraordinary performances.

Rated: 4/4

Jul 6, 2003

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Merle Bertrand

Film Threat

Does a slow burn as it spirals towards its wrenching conclusion.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 8, 2002

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David Elliott

San Diego Union-Tribune

If you care about how Mexican poverty degrades and yet also deepens Mexican beauty, it is one to see.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 8, 2002

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Jorge Avila Andrade

Moviola

Buen ejemplo del cine propositivo que le hace falta a la industria nacional

Rated: 3/4

Apr 9, 2001

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Audience Member

I have no clue why anyone would want to write, produce, or view a movie like this.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

this movie was awesome. Incredibly sad, but well acted and a brilliant look into the real life on Mexico City's streets.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

La pelicula no es tan mala. Tiene muy buenas actuaciones (la mejor, sin duda, Vanessa). El problema viene en el rapido final. Creo que es too much. Todo, en general.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

strange movie. it opened up a side of mexico city that I have never thought of before...

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

una de las mejores peliculas de retrato realista en mexico

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

I like you movie it is very intersting,and in life in mexico,juares that is how life is there....

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Gerardo Tort

Director

Luis Fernando Peña

Rufino

Maya Zapata

Xóchitl

Armando Hernández

Cero

Mario Zaragoza

Ochoa

Alfonso Figueroa

Globero

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Synopsis

Rufino (Luis Fernando Peña) is a teenage boy forced to live in a foster home after his father goes missing. Without any parental supervision, Rufino enjoys a life of petty crime and recreational drug use. When his girlfriend, Xochitl (Maya Zapata), learns she is pregnant, Rufino hatches a plan to steal and sell a bag of cocaine in hopes of using the money to run away with her. Meanwhile, Rufino becomes obsessed with finding his father, who he believes is still alive.

Director: Gerardo Tort
Producer: Lillian Haugen, Héctor Ortega
Screenwriter: Marina Stavenhagen
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 16, 2001, Original
Release Date (DVD): Feb 11, 2003
Runtime: 1h 26m