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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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