Caluga o Menta
MovieTitle | Caluga o Menta |
User score | 6 |
Release date | Oct 19, 1990 |
Genre | Crime, Drama |
Director | Gonzalo Justiniano |
Production country | Chile, Spain |
Production companies | Arca, Filmocentro |
Run time | 100 min. |
Niki and his friends are members of the marginalised underclass living on the outskirts of Santiago. During Chile's transition from dictatorship to democracy (1988-1990), they forge a path from drug- and drink-fuelled nihilism and petty crime into the world of market-driven illegality and Niki begins a seemingly predestined relationship with the middle-class "loca", Manuela. Memorable episodes and characters, quotable dialogue and a mix of earthy national portrait and surrealistic flourish make this one of the key Chilean films of the Nineties.