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Bulgarian Lovers
2003
5.6
Eloy de la Iglesia
Directing
Birth date
January 1, 1944
Birth place
Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Death date
March 23, 2006
Biography
De la Iglesia was an outspoken gay socialist filmmaker who is relatively unknown outside Spain despite a prolific and successful career in his native country. He is best remembered for having portrayed urban marginality and the world of drugs and juvenile delinquency in the early 1980s. Part of his work is closely related to the phenomenon popularly known in Spain as quinqui films, to which he contributed with several works. His film are an example of commitment to the immediate reality. They were made with honesty and great risk, against the conformist outlook of most movies of its time. Beyond their debatable aesthetic merits, his film served a document of the Spanish marginality of the late seventies and early eighties, and they have the stamp of his strong personality. Many of this films also deal with the theme of homosexuality.
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The Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
6.4
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Turn of the Screw
1985
4.8
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El Pico 2
1984
6.4
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Overdose
1983
6.6
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Pals
1982
6.3
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Navajeros
1980
6.5
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Afraid to Go Out at Night
1980
5.4
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Confessions of a Congressman
1978
6.2
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The Priest
1978
6.2
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The Creature
1977
3.8
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Hidden Pleasures
1977
6.1
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La otra alcoba
1976
4.8
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Forbidden Love Game
1975
5.2
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No One Heard the Scream
1973
5.7
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The Cannibal Man
1972
6.3
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The Glass Ceiling
1971
5.5
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Cuadrilátero
1970
4.0