El pico (1983)

Directed by

Eloy de la Iglesia

Genre

drama film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

18

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Spanish drama follows a teenage boy in the Basque Country during the 1980s. He gets pulled into drug addiction and juvenile crime while dealing with his father's involvement in Basque nationalism.

bleakgrittyrawintensedarkmelancholicurgentneo-realistic

What happens

El Pico (English: Overdose) is a 1983 Spanish film written and directed by Eloy de la Iglesia. It stars José Luis Manzano. The films centers on drug addiction, urban juvenile delinquency, and Basque nationalism in Spain during the 1980s. El Pico was the most successful among the quinqui films. Set in the Basque country in a cold and dark atmosphere, El Pico employs a rough, neo-realistic style. The film was De la Iglesia's biggest box-office hit, and it spun off a sequel, El pico 2. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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