Caluga o Menta

Name: Caluga o Menta
Director: Gonzalo Justiniano
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1990-10-19
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Hector Vega Mauricio, Patricia Rivadeneira, Aldo Parodi, Cecilia Godoy, Mauricio Pesutic

Directed by Gonzalo Justiniano

Crime

Drama

19901h 40m6.0

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.