Criando ratas

Latest example of Spanish "neokinki" cinema, which was popular in the late seventies/early eighties, right after the end of Franco's dictatorship. Destructured families of low social classes are the perfect environment for delinquency, drugs, violence and broken lives.

2016

1h 18min

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Top Billed Cast

Ramón Guerrero
José Antonio Francés
Mauricio Manzano
Carlos Victoria

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