充满暴力、毫无幸福可言的黑暗家庭，最终让13岁的小男孩（Abel Ayala 饰）逃离并沦落街头。他流连于火车站前，靠模仿探戈歌手El Polaco赚取生活。不久，他爱上了16岁的雏妓（Marina Glezer 饰）。他俩连同一帮未成年的小偷、乞丐、妓女都在一个黑道人物雷戈（Rolly Serrano 饰）的控制之下。渴望幸福的男孩决定带着爱人逃离这残酷无望的生活，而这点奢求又谈何容易…… 本片根据真实事件改编，并荣获2004年阿根廷影评人协会最佳女主角奖和最佳摄影奖、2003年蒙特利尔国际电影节最佳女主角奖、2004年纽约电影节最佳男主角奖。At age 13, a street kid known as "El Polaquito" makes his living mostly by singing tangos (originally sung by his namesake, the singer "El Polaco") on Buenos Aires commuter trains. He falls in love with a 16 year old prostitute, also working for the Mafia controlling child exploitation in one of Argentina's busiest train stations. He tries to rescue her from this cruel life with no future. But to do so, he must confront the ruthless adult gang leaders, as well as the young kids who protect them, believing that this Mafia is truly their only option. The story is supposedly based on a true story, which happened, and was discovered in Argentina in the late 90s, early 2000s.
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