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Gamín
Gamín film promotional poster
Directed byCiro Durán
Written byCiro Durán
Produced byJoyce Ventura
StarringCarlos Muñoz (narrator)
Music byFrancisco Zumaque
Production
companies
Running time
110 min.
CountriesColombia
France
LanguageSpanish

Gamín (English: street urchins) is a 1977 Colombian documentary film written and directed by Ciro Durán.

Plot

Narrated by Carlos Muñoz, a documentary on the subject of the life of the "street urchins", a word which refers to street children in Colombia, who have broken all family ties and struggle to survive on the streets of the city. The film illustrates, with shocking images, the homelessness and awful living conditions of these surviving children who are seen sleeping on the streets of Bogota, stealing food, car radios, selling cardboard, begging, etc.