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Caluga o Menta (1990)

Caluga o Menta (1990)

Drama Crime
Release Date: 1990, October 19
Directors: Gonzalo Justiniano
Countries: Chile, Spain
Production: Arca, Arca, Filmocentro, Filmocentro
Cast: Aldo Parodi, Myriam Palacios, Luis Alarcón, Jorge Gajardo, Mauricio Pesutic, Mireya Moreno, Max Corvalán, Patricia Rivadeneira, Ernesto Malbrán, Pablo Striano, Claudia Santelices, Víctor Mix

Overview:

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.