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Downtown: A Street Tale

Downtown: A Street Tale

Genres

Drama

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A group of street kids find that the only way to make it through the day is to hold onto their dreams while their reality is eating out of dumpsters, turning tricks and squatting in abandoned buildings.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

1/10

Release Date

07 November 2004

Country

United States of America

Cast

Joey Dedio

Joey Dedio

Angelo

Geneviève Bujold

Geneviève Bujold

Aimee Levesque

John Savage

John Savage

H2O

Burt Young

Burt Young

Gus

Lillo Brancato

Lillo Brancato

Lenny

Chad Allen

Chad Allen

Hunter

Flora Martínez

Flora Martínez

Maria

James Ransone

James Ransone

Billy

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese

Cheri

Rachel Vasquez

Rachel Vasquez

Ashley

Johnny Sanchez

Johnny Sanchez

Tito

Kid Frost

Kid Frost

Wilfredo

Chuck Cooper

Chuck Cooper

Sergeant Williams

D. Taylor Loeb

D. Taylor Loeb

Jolene

Michael Wright

Michael Wright

Rudy

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