Eloy de la Iglesia
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Born: 1944-01-01 · Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Died: 2006-03-23
Biography
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 commi
🎬 Movies (25)
Eloy de la Iglesia: Film Addict
2025
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Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
2021
Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
2018
Self (archive footage)
Bulgarian Lovers
2003
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The Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
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Turn of the Screw
1985
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El Pico 2
1984
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Overdose
1983
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Pals
1982
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The Minister's Wife
1981
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Navajeros
1980
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Afraid to Go Out at Night
1980
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Confessions of a Congressman
1978
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The Priest
1978
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Hidden Pleasures
1977
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The Creature
1977
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The Other Bedroom
1976
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Forbidden Love Game
1975
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No One Heard the Scream
1973
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Murder in a Blue World
1973
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The Cannibal Man
1972
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The Glass Ceiling
1971
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Cuadrilátero
1970
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Something Bitter in the Mouth
1969
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Fantasía... 3
1966
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