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Bulgarian Lovers (2003)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:10
Rotten:8
Average Rating:5.7/10
Theatrical Release:Apr 30, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Daniel (Fernando Guillén Cuervo) is a middle-aged, gay man who comes from an established family and lives a charmed, middle-class existence. He is a "regular" of Madrid's gay bar scene sometimes... Daniel (Fernando Guillén Cuervo) is a middle-aged, gay man who comes from an established family and lives a charmed, middle-class existence. He is a "regular" of Madrid's gay bar scene sometimes hunting for good-looking, young foreigners. At one of these bars, he meets Kyril (Dritan Beba), a hunky 23-year-old Bulgarian. After a night of animalistic passion, Daniel is under his Eastern European spell. Wild, reckless and slightly dangerous, Kyril seems to turn Daniel's conservative and rather predictable life upside down. With each sexual encounter with his Bulgarian lover, Daniel is pulled deeper into Kyril's web of nefarious activities. Can Daniel meet the challenges of his brand new lover or has he bitten off more than he can chew? -- © TLA Releasing [More]
Starring: Fernando Guillen-Cuervo
Starring: Fernando Guillen-Cuervo
Director: Eloy De La Iglesia
Director: Eloy De La Iglesia
Studio: TLA Releasing
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Reviews for Bulgarian Lovers
Shows that Mr. De la Iglesia's long absence hasn't dulled his sense of stylish, cinematic storytelling.
Slightly better than some recent skin-deep gay- and lesbian-themed movies.
Has a verbal wit and tang to it, which set it quite above most gay film fare in literary terms.
The screenplay contains enough witty elements to lift it above the average sex farce.
Won't leave you disappointed, but it may leave you hungry for something more substantial.
As Daniel is drawn deeper into Kyril's web of shady business dealings, the film completely loses its way.
Bulgarian Lovers observes the interplay of sex, power and money with a cool, amused attitude and a fine sense of social detail.
Garish, frenetic, but curiously dull...suffers from a serious case of the cutes, a disease that in this case proves fatal.
Well acted, and its Faustian dynamic of mutual exploitation would be absorbing enough, but as Kyril draws Daniel into ever shadier situations, the film loses its tone and devolves into absurd political farce.
These Bulgarians might be nice to look at, but they have no depth - kind of like this movie. So I was entertained on the surface level, who needs depth anyway,
De la Iglesia's years of filmmaking experience are obvious in the film's formal touches.
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