Angela is a young waitress who turns her back on society when she meets and falls in love with Pablo, a reckless criminal delinquent. Along with Pablo’s gang of car thieves, the pair embark on a drug and disco-fueled robbery spree as they hurtle toward oblivion.
Direction
Saura's sweaty, claustrophobic Madrid.
Acting
Zarco's feral, heartbreaking commitment.
Score
Disco beats against gunfire chaos.
Director
Carlos Saura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pioneering 'cine quinqui' film—Spain's raw, working-class crime genre that made the government deeply uncomfortable. Saura shot guerrilla-style in real Madrid slums.
Lead actors were non-professionals Saura found in Madrid's actual delinquent scene. Some crew feared real guns on set. The burnt car in the finale? Actually torched, no permits.
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