19.11.25, 20:30, Repo Man (1984)

In an America rife with Reagan-era paranoia, Otto is a bored punk. Unemployed and directionless, he meets repo man Bud, a modern bounty hunter who tracks down cars whose owners have defaulted on their loans and repossesses them by force for lenders. Before he knows it, Otto is driving through the streets of L.A. in a Chevy Malibu. The boot is filled with a mysterious cargo that glows and makes people disappear. Possibly extraterrestrial life, certainly a lot of trouble.

Repo Man is science fiction, satire and street film in one. Director Alex Cox mixes paranoia, politics and pulp into a radioactive cocktail that mercilessly exposes the American dream. Cars are confiscated, belief systems collapse and the world burns through sunglasses of neon alienation. With Emilio Estevez in his first leading role, a soundtrack ranging from Iggy Pop to Black Flag and camerawork that is as dry as it is strange, Repo Man remains an erratic cult classic that refuses to toe the line. A road movie for cynics, with a punk heart and an alien soul.