Ratas, Ratones Rateros
by Sebastián Cordero
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Actor: Alex Aspiazu, Cristina Dávila, Fabricio Lalama, Marco Bustos, Simon BrauerDirector: Sebastián Cordero
Brand: Vanguard
Cinematographer: Matthew Jensen
Editor: Sebastián Cordero
Writer: Sebastián Cordero
Editor: Mateo Herrera
Producer: Alfredo Mora Manzano
Producer: Conchita Villa
Producer: Frankie Hernandez
Producer: Isabel Dávalos
Producer: Lisandra Rivera
Producer: Xavier C. Salinas
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-04-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: VF0116
Studio: Vanguard Cinema
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- The world of Salvador, a young na ve petty thief, is about to be shake with the arrival of his cousin angle, an ex-convict in search of easy money and a hideout. Salvador gets wrapped in his cousin s twisted dealings in an attempt to escape from his suffocating family environment in poverty stricken Ecuador. Dragging along his family and friends, Salvador ends up destroying the few things made sen
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DVD Review: A haunting glimpse of the underbelly of Ecuador.
Summary: 5 Stars
Since books were written and traveler's tales recorded, highland Ecuador has had the reputation of being the safe haven of the Andes, a gentle law abiding country that has always been bordered by the thug societies of Colombia to the north, and the oppressive military stronghold of Peru to the south. Times have changed. The roads that once barely made it from Guayaquil to Quito or from Tulcán ,on the Colombian border, to the heart of Quito are now highways that have brought world culture and chaos to this formerly placid country. My memories of innocence and lack of crime in the Quito of the early 70's became so tarnished and changed with my last few recent trips to the capital. This movie embellished my fears and distrust of the seething underbelly of the new Quito. In the movie, the scene that aroused so many memories was the glimpse of the Cumandá bus station, where one of the "rateros" slowly walks up to the sleeping gringo and steals, with a knife, his waist pack. I heard so many times on my last trip to Quito from everyone from taxi drivers to relatives of my fiancée, who was born and raised in Quito, "Times have changed..Be careful". The summer of 2001, we boarded a bus in Quito at the Cumandá Terminal and were met after a short time by a "gentleman" who explained to us on the bus that he had been recently released from prison for robbing a man. He then said that he needed money to stop stealing. His recitation included the remorse that he didn't want to go back to prison but didn't know what he could do to prevent it if no one gave him money. Frightened old ladies gave him coins immediately in the hopes that he would leave and go back to his family in Guayaquil. My fiancée immediately, said "look at him, the "desgraciado" is obviously from Guayaquil". Shortly thereafter we encountered a young "ratero" who entered the bus and pleaded for money because he "was dying". He pulled up his shirt and showed us all his wounds, protruding intestines, and smattering of blood. He apparently had been stabbed and was as pallid as a ghost. This movie, which has scenes more graphic, is true cinema verité and shows the sordid side of the big city that fortunately is uncommon in the smaller towns. There was not an instant of slow time or a moment of boredom in this simple but masterful production. The director said all that I've feared of the underside of Ecuador and did it with haunting but suble scenes. I highly recommend the movie for all that it evokes. James Fortier
Description of Ratas, Ratones Rateros
The world of salvador a young naive petty thief is about to be shaken with the arrival of his cousin angel an ex-convict in search of easy money. Life in the streets selling drugs & making twisted deals is about to take a toll on salvador as he ends up destroying everything that makes sense in his life. Studio: Vanguard Cinema Release Date: 03/25/2003 Run time: 107 minutes Rating: NrBestsellers in DVD
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