''El diputado'' is a 1978 Spanish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

co-written and directed by

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 ...

. Nowadays, the film is a portrait of the society during the

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times.

Plot

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, Roberto Orbea (''José Sacristán'') is a member of a Spanish left party. He is married to Carmen (''María Luisa San José''), and he has been elected as Deputy in the first democratic elections in Spain. But his enemies, the fascist, know his double life. Roberto likes boys, and they hire Juanito (

José Luis Alonso José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

) to seduce the politician. They fall in love.

Cast

José Sacristán José María Sacristán Turiégano (born 27 September 1937), better known as José Sacristán, is a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor. At Gijón International Film Festival in 2015, he received the Nacho Martinez Award. At the 60 ...

as Roberto Orbea * María Luisa San José as Carmen Orbea * José Luis Alonso as Juanito * Enrique Vivó as Morena Pastrana * Agustín González as Carres * Queta Claver as Juanito's chef * Ángel Pardo as Nes

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* 1978 films 1970s Spanish-language films Spanish drama films Spanish LGBT-related films Political drama films Male bisexuality in film Films set in Madrid Films about the Spanish Transition Films directed by Eloy de la Iglesia Films shot in Madrid Teensploitation 1970s Spanish films {{1970s-Spain-film-stub