Caluga o menta

1990 Chilean film

  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
100 minutesCountriesChile, SpainLanguageSpanish

Caluga o menta (El Niki) (Candy or Mint) is a 1990 Chilean crime drama directed by Gonzalo Justiniano and one of the country's first post-Pinochet dictatorship films.[1]

Summary

The film provides an accurate and gritty portrayal of the lives of a group of young people from the marginalized neighborhoods of Santiago. Niki and his friends are unemployed, with nothing to do, and quickly get caught up in the world of drugs and crime. During one of their adventures, Niki meets Manuela, his love interest who is known as "crazy".

Cast

  • Hector Vega Mauricio
  • Patricia Rivadeneira
  • Aldo Parodi
  • Myriam Palacios
  • David Olguiser
  • Rodrigo Gijon
  • Cecilia Godoy
  • Rodrigo Peña
  • Luis Alarcón

References

  1. ^ "Caluga o Menta, de Gonzalo Justiniano". cinechile. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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