Bleak Street (2015)
- Original title
- La calle de la amargura
- Directed by
- Arturo Ripstein
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Two elderly female former wrestlers run a boarding house and face violence and desperation in a harsh Mexican neighborhood. Their lives intersect with a pair of prostitutes and a dwarf actor. The film shows their struggle to survive poverty and exploitation.
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What happens
Bleak Street (Spanish: La calle de la amargura) is a 2015 Mexican-Spanish crime drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. It was shown in the Masters section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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