The fascination of the older for the younger, something that many gay men can understand! Enjoy this film. Los Placeres ocultos : Hidden Pleasures (1977) - Eloy de la Iglesia Director: Eloy De La Iglesia Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins Genre: Foreign Films Starring: Simon Andreu, Tony Fuentes, Angel Pardo Language: Spanish Subtitles: English, hard coded Quality: Good to fair (transfer from tape to disc) Further Specs: See ScreenShots Synopsis: A modern, gay, Spanish remake of "Death in Venice," in which a middle-aged banker falls in love with a handsome 18-year-old, with tragic results. One of the earliest Spanish directors working within queer cinema is the Basque-born Eloy de la Iglesia. Outspokenly gay, de la Iglesia has stated that his films are about "the world of which the majority of filmmakers do not care to speak, the marginal world." His films often feature gay, or otherwise marginalized, characters. De la Iglesia has explained that he is a director who "always wants to make the films that are not supposed to be made," on subjects that "everyone else has agreed not to talk about." Despite censorship constraints and hostile reactions from Catholic leaders to many of his films, de la Iglesia has enjoyed commercial success as a director, especially in Spain. Sponsor Message. De la Iglesia began his film career in 1966 with Fantasia . . . 3, a collection of three short films based on children's stories by Hans Christian Andersen, L. Frank Baum, and the Grimm brothers. His first commercial achievement in his native country was El techo de cristal (The Glass Ceiling, 1971); two years later saw de la Iglesia's first international success with the release of La semana del asesino (Week of the Killer/Cannibal Man, 1974), a violent account of a young man who goes on a killing spree. The film also includes a gay character who is presented in an open, non-stereotypical, manner. The death of Francisco Franco in 1975 brought more latitude and a new openness for artists in Spain. As a result, de la Iglesia created Los placeres ocultos (Hidden Pleasures, 1977), the first gay film to be produced in Spain. The film concerns a closeted homosexual banker attracted to a poor, heterosexual young man. The banker brings the young man into his life, and although the attraction is one way, the youth is accepting of the situation and even brings his girlfriend into the arrangement. IMDB Link http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt0075069/ Hotfile Links http://hotfile. com/dl/40331404/ 93d1497/Los_ Placeres_ Ocultos.avi. 001.html http://hotfile. com/dl/40331485/ 7cad6bd/Los_ Placeres_ Ocultos.avi. 002.html http://hotfile. com/dl/40331569/ 9265680/Los_ Placeres_ Ocultos.avi. 003.html http://hotfile. com/dl/40331632/ bbd1726/Los_ Placeres_ Ocultos.avi. 004.html http://hotfile. com/dl/40331698/ e1445ce/Los_ Placeres_ Ocultos.avi. 005.html http://hotfile. com/dl/40331769/ 69d2c64/Los_ Placeres_ Ocultos.avi. 006.html http://hotfile. com/dl/40331837/ ba21865/Los_ Placeres_ Ocultos.avi. 007.html
