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Toss Me a Dime (1958) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1958 · 33 mins · Spanish
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- Directed by
- Fernando Birri
- Starring
- María Rosa Gallo, Francisco Petrone, Guillermo Cervantes Luro
Each day, children from Santa Fe’s “Tire Dié” neighborhood line the tracks and call out “Tire dié!”—a plea for spare change from passing train passengers. The documentary captures this routine, the voices and modest hopes of the community, and is regarded as the first survey‑on‑film produced in Latin America.
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