The title character of this Alex de la Iglesia film made her first appearance in David Lynch's Wild at Heart (1990) and was originally played by Isabella Rossellini. Rosie Perez takes over the role in this blend of black comedy, graphic sex and violence, voodoo, and weirdness. Perdita Durango is pure trash, a fact she .. Read more
| Starring | Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross, Aimee Graham |
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| Director | Alex De La Iglesia |
| Genres | Drama |
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The title character of this Alex de la Iglesia film made her first appearance in David Lynch's Wild at Heart (1990) and was originally played by Isabella Rossellini. Rosie Perez takes over the role in this blend of black comedy, graphic sex and violence, voodoo, and weirdness. Perdita Durango is pure trash, a fact she establishes at the film's beginning. Her adventures begin when she hooks up with Romeo Dolorosa (Javier Bardem), a sleek, black-clad, sexually adventurous practitioner of Santeria who routinely kills, robs banks, and steals corpses from graves for his cannibalistic blood-soaked rituals. Santos (Don Stroud) is a pedophile and a crime boss. He hires Romeo to steal a truck filled with human fetuses that are slated to be used for cosmetic experiments. Romeo accepts but feels he must make a human sacrifice before he goes. This bothers Perdita not a bit and she even picks out a pair of blonde teens for the ritual killing. The two crooks kidnap the kids, ritually feather them, sexually abuse them, and are preparing to kill them when Romeo's cheated partner shows up with policemen. The crooks and their prey manage to escape, but the scheme to commandeer the truck gets botched and an ensuing shootout between Santos' men and DEA agents goes wrong. Santos loses many men and swears revenge upon Romeo and Perdita, who continue on their journey with their two doomed victims.~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross, Aimee Graham, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Don Stroud, Alex Cox, Santiago Segura, James Gandolfini, Demian Bichir, Carlos Bardem, Harry Porter |
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| Director | Alex De La Iglesia |
| Run time | LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 58 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 1997 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 18 May 2009 To Rent: DVD: not available To Buy: DVD: 19 May 2003 |
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Energetic, sex-obsessed thriller that would have benefited by being much shorter; it falls short of the mythic status it aims for.
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Tarantino meets the Wicker Man.
I love this film, with it's dark but not humourless look at the Americas. A frenetic roadtrip where the cultures of North and South America clash. The film ... read more »
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Perdita Durango / Dance with the Devil
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Rent it or buy it NOW!
Ultra-violent and funny as f**k road movie in the vein of flicks like Natural Born Killers, Wild At Heart and True Romance. Great acting and over the top ... read more »
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Cut version
This is a cut version (118 minutes)
See http://imdb.com/title/tt0119879/
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