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Mala Noche

1987 · 75 min

A grainy, intimate drift through longing and imbalance, quietly uncomfortable and tender, leaving a lingering ache.

Tagline
If you fuck with the bull, you get the horn!
Overview
Walt is a lonely convenience store clerk who has fallen in love with a Mexican migrant worker named Johnny. Though Walt has little in common with the object of his affections — including a shared language — his desire to possess Johnny prompts a sexual awakening that results in a tangled love triangle.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • love
  • immigration
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Gus Van Sant
Written by
Gus Van Sant
Starring
Doug Cooeyate, Tim Streeter, Sam Downey, Nyla McCarthy, Ray Monge, Robert Lee Pitchlynn, Gus Van Sant
Music
Peter Dammann, Karen Kitchen
Cinematography
John J. Campbell
Runtime
75 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Italian, Spanish

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