6.5
6.5
Overdose
1983
Screenplay
Eloy de la Iglesia
Directing
Born:January 1, 1944
Died:March 23, 2006(aged 62)
Birthplace:Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Nationality:Spain
N/A
CommunityBiography
De la Iglesia was an outspoken gay socialist filmmaker relatively unknown outside of 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, and his films serve as an archive of the Spanish marginality of this era. Is other words, his work is closely related to the phenomenon popularly known in Spain as "quinqui cinema". His films 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. Many of this films also deal with the theme of homosexuality.
Filmography (25 movies)
6.4
6.4
Navajeros
1980
Director
6.3
6.3
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
Screenplay
6.2
6.2
El Pico 2
1984
Director
6.2
6.2
The Cannibal Man
1972
Screenplay
6.1
6.1
Pals
1982
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
2018
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Confessions of a Congressman
1978
Director
5.9
5.9
The Priest
1978
Director
5.8
5.8
Hidden Pleasures
1977
Director
5.5
5.5
No One Heard the Scream
1973
Director
5.4
5.4
Bulgarian Lovers
2003
Screenplay
5.2
5.2
The Glass Ceiling
1971
Director
5.1
5.1
Afraid to Go Out at Night
1980
Director
5.0
5.0
Forbidden Love Game
1975
Director
4.6
4.6
The Minister's Wife
1981
Director
4.6
4.6
Murder in a Blue World
1973
Screenplay
4.5
4.5
Fantasía... 3
1966
Director
4.5
4.5
Turn of the Screw
1985
Director
4.3
4.3
La otra alcoba
1976
Director
4.2
4.2
Something Bitter in the Mouth
1969
Director
3.4
3.4
The Creature
1977
Director
3.3
3.3
Cuadrilátero
1970
Director
Blood In The Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
2021
Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
2025
as Self
Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to review!