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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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