Sunday 18 October 2026 15:00
languages : sans paroles locations : Théâtre des Capucins
synopsis
In Portland, Oregon, in a rough neighbourhood, Johnny and Roberto, two undocumented Mexican immigrants, enter the small grocery store where Walt, a young Beat writer, works. At first sight, Walt falls in love with Johnny, a blend of adolescent beauty and fierce innocence…
Based on an autobiographical novella by Portland “street poet” Walt Curtis, Mala Noche was the 33-year-old Van Sant’s debut feature. Shot on 16mm for $25,000, it was the first of his bittersweet odes to tender outcasts and remains the simplest and least burdened. In light of Elephant, we can see Mala Noche as the first act of a mind interested in graphing the knowable contours of experience, the first gift from a scrupulously compassionate artist.
The Village Voice
Une fulgurante découverte. Totalement maîtrisé, sans tics ni afféteries.
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