Mala Noche
If you fuck with the bull, you get the horn!
If you fuck with the bull, you get the horn!
Drama, Romance
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1987
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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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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
75 min
Release date:
19 Jun 1987
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Italian, Spanish
Budget:
$22,500
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Even at the start of his career, Van Sant has always been an artist who has savored the bittersweet pleasure of sadness and pain.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
1 Sep 2007
fresh:
Of all Van Sant's movies, Mala Noche is the rawest, most personal, and least freighted. It's the one fans should see for the simplest inkling into Van Sant's complex artistic roots.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
15 Jun 2007
fresh:
Van Sant would later refine some of the blunter stylistic turns into a wondrous visual poetry; his ability to capture the addictive pull of desire, however, remains compelling even in its crudest state.
– Melissa Anderson,
Time Out New York,
2 Jun 2007
fresh:
Underseen but not exactly neglected, Mala Noche isn't in the same league as the recent smash IFC revival of Killer of Sheep. But this small, sensitive, wondrously likable debut occupies a nearby nook in the DIY pantheon.
– Nathan Lee,
Village Voice,
29 May 2007
fresh:
Offbeat, offhand, and at times off-the-wall.
– Mark Salisbury,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006