Caluga o Menta

Niki and his friends are members of the marginalised underclass living on the outskirts of Santiago During Chiles transition from dictatorship to democracy 19881990 they forge a path from drug and drinkfuelled nihilism and petty crime into the world of marketdriven illegality and Niki begins a seemingly predestined relationship with the middleclass 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