Perdita Durango

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,…