Gamin

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Gamin

1977

1h 50m

7.0(3 votes)

Drama

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After an extensive immersion work on abandoned childhood, Ciro Durán presents, from his point of view, the life of street children, who have broken all family ties and have regrouped to survive in the concrete jungle.

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Carlos Muñoz Sánchez

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