La Raulito

La Raulito

Marilina Ross as La Raulito
Directed by Lautaro Murúa
Produced by Sabina Sigler
Written by Juan Carlos Gené
Martha Mercader
José María Paolantonio
Starring Manuel Alexandre
Rafaela Aparicio
Music by Roberto Lar
Cinematography Miguel Rodríguez
Edited by Jorge Valencia
Distributed by Helicon Producciones
Release date
 1975
Running time
 95 minutes
Country Argentina
Language Spanish

La Raulito (English language:Little Ralph) is a 1975 Argentine film directed by Lautaro Murúa and written by Rocío Dúrcal, 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 of Buenos Aires.

The film shows the teenage Raulito wandering between a reformatory for juvenile offenders, prison and psychiatric hospital. Raulito manages to escape, and finds work at Constitución railway station in Barrio Constitución. Raulito meets up with another street child and they become close friends. They both eventually manage to escape to Mar del Plata.

Release

The film premiered in Argentina on 10 July 1975.

Cast

The cast list (in alphabetical order) was:

Miscellaneous

A follow up film was released in Spain in 1976, La Raulito Released, starring Charo Lopez with screenplay by Eduardo Barreiros and Eduardo Mignogna. 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 Brazilian club, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube with the players and fans observing a minutes silence in her remembrance. [1]

See also

Club Atlético Boca Juniors

References

  1. ↑ "Adiós, "Raulito"" (in Spanish). infobae.com. 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
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