Mala Noche
“If you fuck with the bull, you get the horn!”
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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Cast
7 people
Doug Cooeyate
Johnny
No other roles listed
Tim Streeter
Walt Curtis
Also in
21 Jump Street
Sam Downey
Hotel Clerk
No other roles listed
Nyla McCarthy
Betty
No other roles listed
Ray Monge
Roberto Pepper
Also in
Drugstore Cowboy
Elephant
Robert Lee Pitchlynn
Bob Pitchlynn
Known for
My Own Private Idaho
Drugstore Cowboy
Gus Van Sant
Guy at Hotel (uncredited)
Known for
The Canyons
Last Days
Gus Van Sant Director · Walt Curtis Author Peter Dammann Composer
Budget $22K · United States release May 4, 1988 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$22,500
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian · Spanish
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 11, 1986
Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
United States · May 4, 1988
Limited theatrical
United States
May 4, 1988 · Premiere · New York
March 19, 1994 · Premiere · Tampa, Florida
July 9, 1999 · Premiere · Los Angeles Outfest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Belgium
February 28, 2007 · Theatrical
Denmark
June 21, 1987 · Premiere · Gay Film Festival
June 26, 1987 · Theatrical
December 7, 2007 · Theatrical
Finland
September 20, 2008 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
France
May 24, 2006 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
October 11, 2006 · Theatrical
Germany
June 19, 1987 · Theatrical
July 17, 2008 · Theatrical · Re-release
Greece
November 18, 2006 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
May 3, 2007 · Limited theatrical
Italy
May 28, 1988 · Theatrical · Turin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Japan
July 21, 2007 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 13, 1990 · Premiere · Amsterdam
Poland
August 9, 2008 · Premiere · Film and Art Festival Two Riversides
Portugal
September 13, 2007 · Theatrical
Spain
July 20, 2007 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 22, 1992 · Limited theatrical
December 14, 2007 · Theatrical
Switzerland
February 28, 2007 · Premiere · French Speaking Region
United Kingdom
October 6, 2007 · Premiere · Raindance Film Festival
April 1, 2008 · Premiere · London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Uruguay
December 22, 2009 · Premiere · Cinemateca Uruguaya
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