Caluga o Menta (El Niki)
Chilean theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gonzalo Justiniano
Starring	Hector Vega Mauricio
Cinematography	Gastón Roca
Music by	Jaime de Aguirre
Release date	1990 (1990)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Chile, Spain
Language	Spanish

Caluga o menta (El Niki) (Candy or Mint) is a 1990 Chilean crime drama directed by Gonzalo Justiniano and one of the country's first post-Pinochet dictatorship films.^[1]

Summary

The film provides an accurate and gritty portrayal of the lives of a group of young people from the marginalized neighborhoods of Santiago. Niki and his friends are unemployed, with nothing to do, and quickly get caught up in the world of drugs and crime. During one of their adventures, Niki meets Manuela, his love interest who is known as "crazy".

Cast

• Hector Vega Mauricio
• Patricia Rivadeneira
• Aldo Parodi
• Myriam Palacios
• David Olguiser
• Rodrigo Gijon
• Cecilia Godoy
• Rodrigo Peña
• Luis Alarcón