Chatarra
# Chatarra

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 ouf of the fringes.

## Cast

* Carmen Maura as Zabú
* Mario Gas as el policía
* Rosario Flores as Mariló
* Àlex Casanovas [es] as Lino
* María Orozco as Lola
* Santi Ricart [ca] as Bambi
* Pere Ponce as Romero
* María Reniú as Madame Club Siempre
* Walter Vidarte as Roca

## 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".

