Eloy de la Iglesia
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.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 5.909 |
Birthday | 1944-01-01 |
Place of Birth | Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Spain |
Also Known As |
1980
Navajeros
6.6/40
A chronicle of the life of Jaro, the leader of a juvenile delinquent gang, depicting his rise from street urchin to outlaw anti-hero on the way to his...
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Navajeros
1984
El Pico 2
6.276/29
Following the events of El pico, the heroin-addicted Paco faces jail time due to his involvement in a double murder.
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El Pico 2
1983
Overdose
6.547/43
Paco, the teenage son of a Civil Guard commander in Basque Country, becomes addicted to heroin.
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Overdose
1981
The Minister's Wife
5/9
Rafael, a young man from the provinces, works as a waiter in a resort and helps himself economically having sex for money with rich older women. Durin...
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The Minister's Wife
1978
Confessions of a Congressman
6.238/21
Roberto, a leader and follower of the ideals of his radical leftist opposition party, can’t resist the cheap beautiful street teenagers that are throw...
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Confessions of a Congressman
2018
Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
6/3
Spain. 1978. Year of the first democratic elections following the dictatorship, and of the birth cine quinqui (delinquent movies): films that rapidly...
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Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
1966
Fantasía... 3
4.5/4
The film is an adaptation of three fairy tales classics of children literature. "The Maiden of the Sea" tells the story of Coraline, a mermaid who wan...
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Fantasía... 3
2021
Blood In The Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
0/0
Quinqui cinema encompassed a series of Spanish crime films with a unique national sensibility, as they reflected the times of the Franco dictatorship...
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