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Rats, Mice, Pickpockets (Ratas, ratones, rateros)

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Ratas, ratones, rateros
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Country Ecuador
Directed by Sebastian Cordero
Release Date September 7nd, 1999
Language Spanish
Studio Cabezahueca
Distributor HBO Latino Vanguard Cinema (U.S.A 2000)
Main Cast
Character Actor
Salvador Marco Bustos
Angel Carlos Valencia Acosta



Ratas,ratones,rateros (In English as: Rats, mice, pickpockets) is a 1999 ecuatorian film directed by Sebastian Cordero that explores one of the common problems that the country is going through to date, crime being the main problem, however in this film it does not intend to generate a bad image of the country despite its beauty of architecture, history and diversity that It attracts tourists from all over the world.

What the film explains is the world in which the protagonists live, here Salvador is a young thief from Quito who finds himself immersed in an ever-increasing delinquency spiral after the arrival of his cousin Ángel from Guayaquil, an ex-convict, in his life. Little by little, the young man loses the few things that made sense in his existence.

The movie had its international premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 7, 1999 to later be released on December 24 of that same year.


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Handguns

Smith & Wesson Model 625

This revolver is the protagonist of the problems that caused the protagonists, starting from a common robbery to a problem for a revolver.

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Smith & Wesson Model 625 in 3" barrel model - .45 ACP
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Photograph for the book edition of the film showing Salvador pointing frontally towards the camera
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Salvador is teaching his friend Mayra how to shoot the revolver being a ex-student from a military academy
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Salvador with the S&W revolver talking his moment when his friends stole the gun
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One of the friends of Salvador aim the revolver against the other after discuss each other at graduation party
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Close view of the revolver in the scene when Salvador has a dream trying to steal an old truck

Smith & Wesson Model 36

One of the hitmen that they sent him to assassinate Angel for a debt that he had to pay, carry this revolver To get revenge on Angel, unfortunately Salvador defends Angel by killing him with the toilet seat at his house, taking advantage of Angel removing his weapon and then using it in his next robbery.

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Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special - 5 shot. First pattern with flat latch cylinder release.
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The hitmen finding Angel between the houses behind the doors to get in without being seen

Colt MK IV Series 70

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Colt MK IV Series 70, Nickel finish - .45 ACP

Angel gets a Colt pistol to sell to the friends of Carolina who went to the hospital to visit Salvador, but things get out of control after Carolina refused to date with the guy but a policer officer controls the situation and watch the pistol on the floor believing he is a killer and he flees awway hitting the cop.

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Angel showing to the boys which gun want to buy showing also the S&W revolver
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Carolina's friend drop the Colt pistol in front of the police officer who was calming him down after fighting with Carolina

Sig-Sauer P226

Despite not having appeared during the entire movie, it is that this Sig Sauer P226 as a camera test during the filming of the film before using the Smith & Wesson revolver

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West German SIG-Sauer P226 - 9x19mm.
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Marco Bustos (Interpreting Salvador) is testing a Sig-Sauer P226 for making a camera test for the scene
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Another picture for the movie production during the test scenes

Unknown Pistols

Near the final scene, Angel and Marlon (Salvador's friend) enter a rich family's mansion to take some jewelry and suddenly find a drawer full of pistols of different calibers that unfortunately cannot be identified due to the low lighting that the guns show. characters with the flashlight

Shotguns

Single Barrel shotgun

A secondary hitmen carries a little shotgun to chase Angel at the general cementery of Guayaquil after he escaped from a hostal

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The second hitmen finding Angel after chasing him in all the cementery