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Fernando Guillen Cuervo,
Fernando Guillen Cuervo,
Dritan Biba,
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Eloy De La Iglesia,
Eloy De La Iglesia
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: Not Rated
: TLA Releasing
: Foreign, Spain, Gay & Lesbian, Features, Erotica
: 92 min.
: Spanish
: English
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A well-to-do Spanish attorney finds himself in hot water after falling for a shady Bulgarian man in the 2002 comedy-drama, Los novios bulgaros (Bulgarian Lovers). Middle-aged Madrid native Daniel (Fernando Guillen Cuervo, who also helped adapt the script) lives a life of relative comfort and is generally pretty happy with how things have been going for him lately. His one guilty pleasure is frequenting the city's gay quarter looking for men to pick up for an evening of reckless abandon. One night, Daniel meets Bulgarian Kyril (Dritan Biba) and is quickly smitten beyond all hope of reason. Finding out that Kyril is essentially homeless and penny-less, Daniel nonetheless gets him into bed--after buying him dinner--even after Kyril confesses to having a fiancee back in Bulgaria. As Daniel falls deeper in love with Kyril, Kyril takes advantage of the situation by convincing the lawyer to complete various tasks for him, which range from the morally questionable to the highly illegal and dangerous. A more than willing stooge to Kyril's demands--and all too aware of his situation--Daniel resigns himself to following this relationship through to the end, wherever it may lead. ~ Ryan Shriver, All Movie Guide
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by talltale
October 23, 2004 - 4:10 PM PDT
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| With so much would-be political correctness running rampant, it can be bracing to find yourself watching a movie that doesn't give a flying fornication how truly demeaning it is. BULGARIAN LOVERS is just such a film. All the Spanish gay men here are nelly queens who swish and cavort like there's no tomorrow, while the Bulgarian characters are conniving, souless "users" who cruise and then abuse their insignificant others. "I love you more than my life," says the poor enamored Spanish schnook to his Bulgarian boyfriend, who replies, "I love me more than your life, too." Fortunately, the main character has enough distance and irony to chuckle at himself, and so will you. The movie is quite light on its feet for such somber subject matter: you'll find folk selling everything here from sex to drugs to nuclear naughties. Are you enticed, just a little? Thought so; have fun. |
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