Fighting for liberty, love, and your secret teenage lover are the themes of Confessions of a Congressman and our protagonist Roberto Orbea is a leader and follower of the ideals of his radical leftist opposition party, but he’s hiding a secret from the party and his wife Carmen: he can’t resist the cheap beautiful street teenagers that bad-boy Nes throws his way for various pleasures. Eventually the fascists find out about his proclivities and hire the blonde and angelic-looking Juanito to infiltrate Roberto’s life. But after a while Juanito starts to find his place with Roberto, with politics, and even with Carmen. With the elections fast approaching all three members of this strange throuple will have to decide how much they’re willing to lose to avoid revealing the truth.Read More »
Eloy de la Iglesia
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Eloy de la Iglesia – El diputado AKA Confessions of a Congressman (1978)
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Eloy de la Iglesia – Los placeres ocultos AKA Hidden Pleasures (1977)
Eloy de la Iglesia1971-1980DramaEroticaQueer Cinema(s)SpainA highly controversial film upon its release in Spain as the first feature narrative with homosexuality openly discussed, Hidden Pleasures follows Eduardo, a wealthy banker who has a pastime for hiring young street hustlers to keep his bed warm, yet ignores requests from a friend to join the social gay movements. One day while cruising around town he spots Miguel, an extremely handsome teen who has a penchant for women and motorcycles. Eduardo offers Miguel a job and eventually gets closer and closer with him. Eduardo’s building lust and the jealousy of others in their lives creates havoc for all.Read More »
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Eloy de la Iglesia – El pico 2 (1984)
1981-1990CrimeDramaEloy de la IglesiaSpainPaco, son of the commander of the Guardia Civil Evaristo Torrecuadrada, has been involved in Bilbao in the murder of a drug dealer couple. His fathers’ efforts in suppressing evidence have nothing to do when the crime appears in the press. Paco is arrested and goes to prison, where he return to do drugs.Read More »
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Eloy de la Iglesia – El pico AKA Overdose (1983)
1981-1990CrimeDramaEloy de la IglesiaSpainBilbao, 1980. A right-wing Civil Guard Commander discovers that his 17-year-old son Paco, who he hopes to enter Military Academy, is a heroin addict like Urko, Paco’s best friend and the son of a leftist leader. Paco runs away from home taking a gun from his father. While the Commander initiates the search of his son accompanied by the father of Urko, he begins to discover an unknown world and little by little important changes take place in him.Read More »
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Eloy de la Iglesia – Navajeros AKA Switchblade boys (1980)
1971-1980CrimeDramaEloy de la IglesiaSpainJose Manuel Gomez Perales, “El Jaro”, lives alone in Madrid, with no other company than his band and his “girlfriends.” One day he meets Mercedes, a prostitute of Mexican origin. Mercedes falls for him and offers him her home to take him apart from his life of crime.Read More »
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Eloy de la Iglesia – Nadie oyó gritar AKA No One Heard the Scream (1973) (HD)
Eloy de la Iglesia1971-1980SpainSpanish cinema under FrancoThrillerA high-class call girl witnesses her neighbor disposing of his wife’s body. The man kidnaps her and forces her to help him. An unexpected relationship develops.Read More »
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Eloy de la Iglesia – Juego de amor prohibido AKA Forbidden Love Game (1975)
1971-1980ArthouseDramaEloy de la IglesiaQueer Cinema(s)SpainSynopsis:
‘The film begins with a school teacher played by Javier Escriva bidding farewell to his students, who are leaving for the summer. As he is heading home he notices two of his students are hitch-hiking (a boy and a girl, played by John Moulder-Brown and Inma de Santis), and picks them up. He invites them over for dinner and lodging, which they accept. The majority of the film from this point on is set at the mansion, where the two students turn from guests to prisoners under the teacher’s command. The teacher has a thuggish (yet sensitive) henchman played by Simon Andreu, who enforces the teacher’s wishes. The teacher begins to sexually humiliate and torture the two students until he has mentally brainwashed them into his way of thinking […] Eventually there is a reversal of roles…’
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Eloy de la Iglesia – La semana del asesino AKA The Cannibal Man (1972)
1971-1980Eloy de la IglesiaHorrorSpainSpanish cinema under FrancoThrillerA young man, Marco, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend Paula wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too. He then has to kill his brother, his brother’s fiancée and his father, who have become suspicious. He gets rid of the bodies by taking them to a slaughterhouse.Read More »
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Eloy de la Iglesia – Una Gota de sangre para morir amando AKA Murder In A Blue World (1973)
1971-1980Eloy de la IglesiaExploitationQueer Cinema(s)Sci-FiSpainOften described as “the Spanish A Clockwork Orange”, this controversial shocker is set in a violent near-future world. Honest citizens live in terror as gangs of leather clad, whip-wielding sadists roam the nighttime streets. Meanwhile, in a top-secret laboratory, strange mind control experiments are being conducted. Against this background a beautiful nurse tries to ease the pain of those condemned to die. But who really is this angel of mercy and what is the purpose of her mission?Read More »
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