Synopsis
Graying Spaniard Daniel has a healthy budget for indulging in the finer things in life. Daniel's favorite luxury is playing sponsor to younger men amid the lights and sights of Madrid's gay club scene. After Daniel shares a night with handsome Bulgarian emigre Kyril, he finds himself consumed with an insatiable lust for the charismatic foreigner. But, as their relationship takes shape, Daniel's latest conquest reveals his own manipulative tendencies.
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Cast
- Fernando Guillén CuervoDaniel
- Dritan BibaKyril
- Pepón NietoGildo
- Roger PeraAbogado
- Anita SinkovicKalina
- Fernando AlbizuMogambo
- Roman LuknárSimeon
- Simón AndreuPadre de Daniel
- Gracia OlayoRosita
- Emma PenellaRemedios
Recommendations
- 80
Los Angeles Times
Sly, swift, succinct -- and very sexy. - 70
Variety
Full of charm, entertaining enough as it unfolds, good looking, but not especially memorable in retrospect. - 70
The New York Times
Superbly acted, without a trace of coyness and with considerable heat. - 60
Chicago Reader
All in all it's pretty lurid, but it delivers what it promises. - 60
Village Voice
We'd gladly give ourselves over to the literate if chatty script and the generous helpings of Bulgarian beefcake, but our interest flags the moment Biba puts his clothes back on. - 60
L.A. Weekly
For his first feature in 15 years, Spanish filmmaker Eloy de la Iglesia has made a witty, unsentimental class comedy. - 60
The New Republic
Eloy de la Iglesia, who directed Bulgarian Lovers, has a light and witty touch, reminiscent of his countryman Pedro Almodóvar...But he needed a better screenplay. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
De la Iglesia's years of filmmaking experience are obvious in the film's formal touches -- his transitions between scenes and time frames are smooth and very stylish.
