A teenage street urchin tries to save his new love from prostitution.A teenage street urchin tries to save his new love from prostitution.A teenage street urchin tries to save his new love from prostitution.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 10 nominations
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Lucas Lazzarich
- Rata
- (as Lucas Lasarich)
Claudia Oshiro
- Guía Turistas Japoneses
- (as Claudia Noemí Oshiro)
Víctor Hugo Carrizo
- Vendedor Kiosco
- (uncredited)
Jorge Piwowarski
- Pasajero Tren
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe casting directors searched hundreds of orphanages and foster homes in Buenos Aires to find the protagonist for El Polaquito. Out of 500 candidates, Abel Araya was selected to play Polaco.
- SoundtracksNaranjo en Flor
(as "Naranjo En Flor")
Written by Homero Expósito (as Homero y Virgilio Expósito) & Virgilio Expósito (as Homero y Virgilio Expósito)
Performed by Roberto Goyeneche (as Roberto "Polaco" Goyeneche)
Courtesy of Ediciones Melopea
Featured review
And that's all?
El polaquito is a young boy that lives in the streets of Buenos Aires and survives by singing tangos. When he fells in love to a prostitute called Pelu. He will try to rescue her from the Argentinian mafia, but he will not think about the consequences. Well the movie can be considered as a show of the living of the homeless kids of the big cities, but that's all. Neither the actors plays a decent part, and the story is typical and totally unsurprising. Being a film of claim and protest, "City of God" from Meirelles is much better, and being some kind of love story, there a lots of better ones. I think there are many better ways to spend two hours.
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $40,419
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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