De la calle [DVD]

Rufino is 15 years old and lives on the streets of Mexico City. He gets money from doing small drug deals for La Seño and El Ochoa, an unscrupulous police officer who controls the neighborhood where they live. One day, pushed by circumstances, Rufino steals money from El Ochoa, thus unleashing the police's persecution and harassment. However, while planning his escape from the city with his friend Xóchitl, Rufino learns of the existence of his father who he thought was dead. Obsessed with finding it before leaving, Rufino begins his search on an adventure that will take him from love to loneliness, from drugs to camaraderie, from solidarity to betrayal and the death of those who have nothing.




Based on the play of the same name from the early eighties, written by Jesús González Dávila, DE LA CALLE had a memorable staging under the direction of Julio Castillo. The play addressed, in a tone of very crude melodrama, the situation of street children in Mexico City, as an update of the masterful Los Olvidados, directed by Luis Buñuel in 1950.




Upon being awarded Best Film at the Guadalajara Film Festival (Mexico), DE LA CALLE was highlighted by the Official Jury for addressing a lacerating reality in an innovative and original way, successfully combining the expressive means of cinematographic art.




Among the numerous awards received are also 11 Ariel de Plata Awards for Mexican Cinema in 2002, including Best First Feature; the Mayahuel Award from the 2001 Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival for Best Film; the 2002 Silver Goddess Award from the Mexican Film Critics for Best Film and Best Direction; the Best New Director Award at the 2001 San Sebastián Festival; and the International Critics Award at the Split New Film Festival 2002.