Caluga o Menta (1990)

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Credited cast:
	Hector Vega Mauricio	...	Niki (as Mauricio Vega)
	Patricia Rivadeneira	...	Manuela
	Aldo Parodi	...	Nacho
	Myriam Palacios	...	Niki's mother
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Luis Alarcón
	Luis Cornejo	...	Old mechanic
	Rodrigo Gijón
	Cecilia Godoy	...	Negra
	David Olguiser
	Mauricio Pesutic
	Remigio Remedy	...	Yuppie (as Remigio Remedi)

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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. Written by Alejandra

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