Chatarra is a 1991 Spanish neo-noir film directed by Félix Rotaeta which stars Carmen Maura, Rosario Flores, and Mario Gas.

Plot Hooker Zabu, living badly with her daughter, is upended by the appearance of a stalking cop claiming to be her daughter's father, and vowing to take them two out of the fringes.

Cast

Production The film was produced by Avanti Films and Sabre TV.

Release The film screened in competition at the 48th Venice International Film Festival in September 1991. It was released theatrically in Spain on 18 October 1991.

Reception Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País deemed Chatarra to be an "uneven film, but with flashes of great cinema".

Casimiro Torreiro of El País considered that, while not a perfect film, "with its faults and virtues, [Chatarra] nevertheless belongs to the line of independent films made with rigor and a good production design".

See also List of Spanish films of 1991

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