Mala Noche (1986)

Mala Noche: Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge, Nyla McCarthy. A story of amour fou. Walt is madly in love/lust with a young illegal Mexican immigrant. However, the object of his unrequited affection doesn’t even speak any English and finds Walt really strange and undesirable.

“There are few gay, or straight, films which fling such disturbed and desperate lead characters into the sparkly gutter like Mala Noche. That summary is trite at best, but to watch this movie is to fall into a film noir which wonu0026#39;t give you any love back. Excellent and gobsmackingly short-ish cash register rings of warning. Donu0026#39;t embrace these sickly, nasty characters, but do get enveloped. You canu0026#39;t help it. Everyone sucks, everyone is dirty, nasty, and sadly dreamy. Gus made a gorgeous pile of human stink with this one, and it is completely addictive. Fabulous film. Gus Van Sant may have jumped the shark with some later stuff, but this, boy, this is good. Fans of grit say: Must see.”