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El Pico 2
''El Pico 2'' (''Overdose'') is a 1984 film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia. It stars José Luis Manzano and Fernando Guillén. The films centers on the relationship between a Civil guard and his heroin addict son who falls in an escalating life of crime. ''El Pico 2'' is a follow-up to El pico which was more successful.Torres, ''Diccionario Espasa Cine Español'', p. 376 Drugs, delinquency, generational problems and the underworld of heroin are the themes of the two films.D’Lugo, ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain'', p. 86 Plot Paco, a young drug addict, recently mourning the death of his best friend from a heroin overdose, is unable to overcome his addiction on his own. Withdrawal is too painful for Paco, who is under the watchful eye of his severe but concerned widower father, Evaristo Torrecuadrada, a civil guard commandant. To find a detox treatment for Paco, father and son move to Madrid. They are welcome in the household of Paco's feisty grandmother who lives with her fait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eloy De La Iglesia
Eloy de la Iglesia (1 January 1944 – 23 March 2006) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. De la Iglesia was an outspoken gay socialist filmmaker who is relatively unknown outside 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, with many of his films dealing with the theme of homosexuality. Part of his work is closely related to the phenomenon popularly known in Spain as quinqui films, to which he contributed several works. De la Iglesia took risk in his films that captured the struggles of the underclass, portraying the everyday, unidealized lives of powerless characters portrayed genuinely with flaws and vices. They are an example of commitment to the immediate reality, going against the conformist outlook of most movies of its time. Beyond their debatable aesthetic merits, his film served a document of the Spanish marginality of the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |