Long Live the Hobos
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One day in 1930, José Américo Ghezzi ("Bepo")—an unemployed anarchist stonemason—leaves his hometown, not to return until 1955. For twenty-five years, he wanders with no direction other than the path of the railway tracks, joining the silent world of the "crotos"—itinerant laborers—where he meets "the Frenchman," a mentor who leaves an indelible mark on his life. Back home, his friends and a woman await him, weaving the fabric of their own lives. Sixty years later, facing the camera, he relives his romances and his worldview in a kind of collage of perspectives and dreams, centered on the fundamental question: "Is freedom possible?"
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Ana Poliak Director · Willi Behnisch Cinematographer Luis Mutti Editor
First release October 15, 1991 · Produced in Argentina, Cuba, Spain, United Kingdom · Production Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, TVE
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Viada Producciones
Production
Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
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TVE
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ONF | NFB
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INCAA
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Channel Four Films
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Argentina · Cuba · Spain · United Kingdom
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Original title
¡Que vivan los crotos!
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Colombia · October 15, 1991
Premiere · Santafe de Bogota Intl. Film Festival
Argentina · March 25, 1995
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No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
March 26, 2009 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
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