Glue Sniffer

Name: Huelepega: Ley de la calle
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-07-06
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: José Gregorio Rivas, Alfredo Medina, Luis Campos Pelón

Original title: Huelepega: Ley de la calle

1999
1h 45m

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6.3/10

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Oliver, an 11-year-old boy thrown out of his home by his abusive stepfather, joins a gang of street children and is exposed to narcotics, violence and sexual predators, and the world of crim... Read allOliver, an 11-year-old boy thrown out of his home by his abusive stepfather, joins a gang of street children and is exposed to narcotics, violence and sexual predators, and the world of crime seems to be the only road available.Oliver, an 11-year-old boy thrown out of his home by his abusive stepfather, joins a gang of street children and is exposed to narcotics, violence and sexual predators, and the world of crime seems to be the only road available.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

277

YOUR RATING

3User reviews

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Trivia
Huelepega means "glue sniffer". A common practice among very poor street kids in Venezuela where they steal discarded glue containers from shoe repair shops and sniff it.

Connections
Featured in El Don (2006)

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Really tough, but well worth watching.

Really tough semi documentary thriller about life in the streets of Caracas. Two stories intermingle: The rise and fall of a drug capo fighting with a younger ruthless rival for the control of his barrio and that of Oliver (a well chosen name!), a child of around 8 or 9 years old, sent off to the street by his mother just to make her newly found husband happy. What follows is unbelievable, yet true. Oliver has to accommodate to his new life, in an extremely harsh world, and ends up literally in the gutter.

Most of the actors are non professional, locations are real, etc. Even so acting is really top notch, as most tech work, and the story is really well filmed.