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Street Love

1950 · 102 min

A tender, bittersweet slice of street life, blending romance with the hard grind of poverty in a warm but sobering way.

Directed by
Ernesto Cortázar
Genres
Drama
Starring
Meche Barba, Fernando Fernández, Esther Luquín
Overview
El Pichi, El Trompas and El Orejas are street children who pick up a bill that Fernando has dropped, who prevents them from being arrested and offers them a job at a cake stand. Fernando meets Queta, El Pichi's sister, and they both feel attracted. This will lead Fernando to know the hardness of life for people in the suburbs.

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Directed by
Ernesto Cortázar
Genres
Drama
Starring
Meche Barba, Fernando Fernández, Esther Luquín
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • love
  • survival
  • family
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ernesto Cortázar
Written by
Ernesto Cortázar
Starring
Meche Barba, Fernando Fernández, Esther Luquín, Freddy Fernández 'El Pichi', Alberto Mariscal, Rafael Icardo, Juan Orraca, Armando Velasco
Music
Manuel Esperón
Cinematography
Jack Draper
Runtime
102 min
Languages
Spanish

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