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SPAIN · 1950

Los olvidados

Luis Buñuel
juvenile delinquency urban poverty moral corruption street gangs class struggle
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Synopsis

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.

Year1950
CountrySpain
DirectorLuis Buñuel
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