Tire dié (1960)

Directed by

Fernando Birri

Genre

documentary film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

33 min

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows the difficult lives of people living in slums in Santa Fe, Argentina. It focuses on children who beg for coins thrown from a train.

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What happens

Toss Me a Dime (Spanish: Tire dié) is a 1960 Argentine documentary directed by Fernando Birri and written Birri and seven other writers. The short film, billed as a "survey film", chronicles the harsh life of lower-class slums in Santa Fe, Argentina. In 2022, it was selected as the 24th greatest film of Argentine cinema in a poll organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, which was presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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