El Polaquito (2003)
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Abel Ayala, Marina Glezer, Fernando Roa, Rolly Serrano
A young tango-singing street kid falls for a station worker and risks a confrontation as he tries to free her from the mafia exploiting her.
The story
El Polaquito is a street kid who earns a living singing tangos on trains at Constitución station in Buenos Aires, imitating Goyeneche. There he meets Pelu, a young prostitute who also works at the station, and quickly falls in love with her. As he becomes deeply attached to her, he decides to try to rescue her from the mafia exploiting her. That decision brings him into conflict with El Rengo, the mafia’s leader, who—with police officers assigned to the station—begins harassing him to make him abandon the idea.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
It is the story of “El Polaquito” (Abel Ayala), a street kid who makes a living singing tangos on the trains at Constitución station in the city of Buenos Aires, imitating Goyeneche. He meets “Pelu” (Marina Glezer), a young prostitute who also works at the station, and immediately falls in love with her and becomes deeply attached to her. In time, El Polaquito would try to rescue her from the mafia exploiting her. This behavior brings him into conflict with “El Rengo” (Roly Serrano), the leader of this mafia, who, in collusion with the police officers assigned to the station, begins to harass him, trying to get the idea out of his head.
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