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Mala Noche
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.
1987 · Directed by Gus Van Sant · 75 min · Drama · Romance · 8 frames
Tagline
If you fuck with the bull, you get the horn!
Crew
- Screenplay: Gus Van Sant
- Cinematography: John J. Campbell
- Edited by: Gus Van Sant
- Music: Peter Dammann, Karen Kitchen, Creighton Lindsay
- Produced by: Gus Van Sant
Cast
- Doug Cooeyate as Johnny
- Tim Streeter as Walt Curtis
- Sam Downey as Hotel Clerk
- Nyla McCarthy as Betty
- Ray Monge as Roberto Pepper
- Robert Lee Pitchlynn as Bob Pitchlynn
- Gus Van Sant as Guy at Hotel (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Italian, Spanish
- Budget: $22,500
- Themes: salesclerk, individual, homeless person, portland, oregon, youth hostel, hunger, immigration, corner shop, hustler, murder
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