November 8 - 14
DE LA CALLE
2001, 35 mm, Color, 85 min., Mexico
In Spanish, WITH English subtitles

Screening times:

• November 8, Friday - 5:15, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m. (Click here for details on Opening Night Celebration)
• November 9, Saturday - 5:15, 12:45, 3:00, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m
• November 10, Sunday - 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m
• November 11 - 14, Monday thru Thursday - 5:15, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m

• “Fifty-one years after the Buñuel classic “Los Olvidados,” “De la Calle” succeeds with a harrowing depiction of Mexican street kids.” – Luke Sader, The Hollywood Reporter
• "I wanted to awaken from that abandoned child that, in essence, we all are" - Gerardo Tort
• WINNER of 11 “Ariel” Awards (including: Best First Work, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor and Actress) at the 2002 Mexican Academy of Arts & Sciences.
• “’De la Calle’ gets high marks for its admirable lack of pretense and the momentum that propels the narrative from start to finish.” – Luke Sader, The Hollywood Reporter

De La Calle is an adaptation of Jesús Gonzáles Dávila's successful play portraying the tragic story of Rufino, a fifteen year old orphan who lives on the streets of Mexico City. Rufino earns money by doing odd jobs and participating in the drug deals of La Seño and El Ochoa, a judicial policeman without scruples who controls the neighborhood in which they live. One day, driven by circumstances, Rufino steals money from El Ochoa, unleashing the persecution and harassment of the policeman. Just as Rufino decides to flee, he is told that his real father is still alive and he embarks upon a crazed quest to find his father.

Director: Gerardo Tort
Screenwriters: Jesús González Dávila, Marina Stavenhagen
Executive Producers: Lilian Haugen, Héctor Ortega
Cinematographer: Héctor Ortega
Editors: Carlos Hagerman, Gerardo Tort
Art Director: Ana Solares
Music: Diego Herrera
Starring: Luis Fernando Peña, Maya Zapata, Armando Hernández, Mario Zaragoza

Gerardo Tort  (1958, Puebla), after studying film at the Ibero-Americana University, worked for more than 15 years in the film industry, directing short films and commercials. He also taught film production and was co-founder of a cultural magazine, Avant Garaje. De la Calle is his first full-length feature.

Interviews: 

• http://www.canal100.com.mx/telemundo/entrevistas/?id_nota=428
• http://www.entucd.com/SalaSiete_EntrevistaDeLaCalle.htm