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Synopsis

Sex and politics collide in Eloy de la Iglesia's harrowing, hard-hitting tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician, a teenage hustler discovers himself passionately in love with the man he must betray.

Inspired by true events, this daring, groundbreaking work from the director of Colegas and Los Placeres Ocultos offers unflinching insight into Spain's changing political, cultural and sexual mores.

Review

This powerful, provocative thriller follows the political and sexual coming out of a young married politician in post-Franco Spain. After time spent in prision for political reasons, he returns to his wife but also begins a relationship with a 16-year-old street hustler. How he balances the boy, his wife and his political aspriations becomes the central focus of the drama. (Spanish with subtitles)