Based on the successful novel by Eduardo Mendicutti and developed into a screenplay by director Eloy de la Iglesia and star actor Fernando Guillen Cuervo, Bulgarian Lovers is a cynical, dry-eyed sex comedy from Spain exploring the limits of what we will do for "love". 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?
Bulgarian Lovers premiered in Spain in February 2003, after making it's world premiere at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival. It is making its Boulder Colorado premiere at this Bent Lens program.
"A witty, unsentimental class comedy" says Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly.
"Superbly acted, without a trace of coyness and with considerable heat. Bulgarian Lovers observes the interplay of sex, power and money with a cool, amused attitude and a fine sense of social detail." - Stephen Holden , NEW YORK TIMES
In Spanish and Bulgarian, with English subtitles. Not rated, 101 minutes
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Based on the successful novel by Eduardo Mendicutti and developed into a screenplay by director Eloy de la Iglesia and star actor Fernando Guillen Cuervo, Bulgarian Lovers is a cynical, dry-eyed sex comedy from Spain exploring the limits of what we will do for "love". 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?
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