title: Chatarra
text: # 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".
  
  