La Raulito is a 1975

1975 in film

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 Argentine

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 film

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 directed by Lautaro Murúa

Lautaro Murúa

Lautaro Murúa was a Chilean-born Argentine actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is one of the best known actors in the Cinema of Argentina....

 and written by Rocío Dúrcal

Rocío Dúrcal

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, Manuel Alexandre and Rafaela Aparicio.

Synopsis

The film tells the story of a real life fan of Boca Juniors football club, Mary Esher Duffau, who as a teenage girl adopted the identity of a man in order to survive on the streets

Street children

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 of Buenos Aires

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The film shows the teenage Raulito wandering between a reformatory

Reformatory

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 for juvenile

Minor (law)

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 offenders

Young offender

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, prison

Prison

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 and psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric hospital

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. Raulito manages to escape, and finds work at Constitución railway station in Barrio Constitución

Constitución, Buenos Aires

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. Raulito meets up with another street child and they become close friends. They both eventually manage to escape to Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...

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Cast

The cast list (in alphabetical order) was:

• Adriana Aizemberg
  Adriana Aizemberg
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• Martín Andrade
  Martín Andrade
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• Christina Banegas
• Roberto Carnaghi
• Pablo Cedrón
  Pablo Cedrón
  Pablo Cedrón is an Argentine actor .In 2005 he starred in the El Viento .In 2006 he prominently featured in some 58 episodes of the TV series Sos mi vida as Félix Perez Garmendia 'Falucho'.-Filmography:*El Habilitado...
  
  
• Mónica Escudero
• Zulema Katz
• Virginia Lago
• Juanita Lara
• Anita Larronde
• Carlos Lasarte
• Mario Luciani
• Jorge Martínez
  Jorge Martinez
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• Duilio Marzio
  Duilio Marzio
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• Fernanda Mistral
• Irene Morack
• Ana María Picchio
  Ana María Picchio
  Ana María Picchio is an Argentine actress.She made her debut in 1969 in the film Breve cielo and has made over 50 appearances in film and TV to date.She starred in Adios Roberto in 1985.-External links:...
  
  
• Luis Politti
• Marilina Ross
• Blanquita Silván
• Nelly Tesolín
• María Vaner
  María Vaner
  María Vaner was an Argentine actress. She appeared in nearly 50 films and television shows between 1958 and 2008.-Selected filmography:* The Old Young People * Me First...
  
  

Miscellaneous

A follow up film was released in Spain

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 in 1976, La Raulito Released, starring Charo Lopez

Charo López

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 with screenplay by Eduardo Barreiros and Eduardo Mignogna

Eduardo Mignogna

Eduardo Mignogna was an Argentinian film director and screenwriter.- Filmography :* 1975 - La Raulito en libertad * 1983 - El Desquite...

. The real life La Raulito, Mary Esher Duffau died at the age of 74 on 30 April 2008 on the same day Boca Juniors played a Copa Libertadores match against Brazil

Brazil

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ian club, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

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with the players and fans observing a minutes silence in her remembrance.