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The Independent Presents: Perdita Durango (1997)

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Sun, 12 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm

Mad Malts, 109 Maple Ave NW, Huntsville, AL 35801

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Sun, 12 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm (CDT)

Mad Malts, 109 Maple Ave NW, AL 35801

109 Maple Ave NW, Huntsville, AL 35801-4634, United States

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The Independent Presents: Perdita Durango (1997)
Wild, confrontational, and drenched in pitch-black humor, Perdita Durango is a cult crime-horror hybrid from Spanish provocateur Álex de la Iglesia (Day of the Beast). Based on a novel by Barry Gifford (who also wrote Wild at Heart), the film is a bold, unflinching dive into the dark underbelly of love, violence, and obsession.

Perdita Durango (Rosie Perez, in one of her fiercest roles) is a tough, reckless survivor with a taste for chaos. When she crosses paths with Romeo Dolorosa (Javier Bardem, unforgettable with his wild mane and manic energy), a Santería priest, drug smuggler, and all-around hustler, sparks ignite into an explosive, dangerous partnership. Together they embark on a spree across the Mexican border, mixing crime, sex, and ritualistic terror into a volatile cocktail of madness. Along the way, they kidnap a pair of naive American teenagers, dragging them into their surreal and violent world of black magic, criminal enterprise, and darkly comic depravity.

Unflinching in its excesses, Perdita Durango blends the hyper-stylized violence of exploitation cinema with biting satire of American and Mexican cultural collisions. It’s as much a fever dream as it is a crime odyssey, laced with grotesque humor and magnetic performances. Rosie Perez commands the screen with her raw, unrestrained energy, while Bardem delivers a performance both charismatic and terrifying—a harbinger of the menace he would later refine in No Country for Old Men.

Long censored and difficult to find in its original uncut form, Perdita Durango has endured as a notorious cult film, shocking audiences as much as it entertains them. Equal parts road movie, black comedy, and hallucinatory horror, it’s a cinematic gut-punch that defies categorization.

Brace yourself—this isn’t just a movie; it’s a descent into the wild, unruly heart of outlaw cinema.

Rated R. Doors at 6, show at 7.


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The Independent Presents: Perdita Durango (1997), 12 October | Event in Huntsville | AllEvents
The Independent Presents: Perdita Durango (1997)
Sun, 12 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm