Overview
"El Pollo," a 13-year-old child in reform school, witnesses and experiences the brutalization of the guards and the other inmates.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1992)
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Music
Music by José Luis Castiñeira de Dios
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Enrique MedinaNovel
- Javier TorreWriter
- Original title
- Las tumbas
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 8, 1991
- Original language
- Spanish
- Countries
- Spain, Argentina
Production
Cast
Norma AleandroMaria
Federico LuppiEspiga- Jorge MayorLa Gaita
Isabel QuinterosRosita
Lidia CatalanoSara- Sara BenítezGaucha
Miguel DedovichPadre Roque
Pompeyo AudivertRemolacha
Andrés TiengoChofer- Julio Arrieta
- Miguel PalmaBarragán
- Guillermo MarroneLupini
Erasmo OliveraFuguita- Lidio OjedaMartínez
- Alejandro BritosSordomudo
- Adrián ArévaloMorrone
- Marcos AriasTanito
- Martín AndradeMédico
- Diego Eduardo Saucedo AlarcónEl Pollo
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