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Los chulos (1981)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Félix rebolledo es un proxeneta dueño de un cabaret, dos bingos y tres casas de citas. Ahora se propone abrir una sala de fiestas, y para ello cuenta -como siempre lo ha hecho- con el apoyo del Obispo, al cual tiene sobornado con frecuentes donativos. Contando con el apoyo de la Iglesia le será mucho más fácil contar con el visto bueno del Ayuntamiento, aunque, por otra parte, también tiene sobornados, entre otros, al alcalde y al presidente del Consejo de la Diputación. Todo este estado de cosas va a verse seriamente amenazado con la llegada de Arcadio, seminarista y sobrino del Obispo. Arcadio, que abandonó el seminario por considerarlo "demasiado frívolo" para él, ahora ocupará el puesto de secretario de su tío, que había quedado vacante. Al encontrar a Rebolledo entre los "feligreses" amigos del Obispo, el casto seminarista queda enormemente escandalizado. Tanto es así que lo primero que hace es convencer a las esposas del alcalde y del presidente para que insten a sus maridos a ...
Style:
satirical, black comedy, period drama
Plot:
pimp, bishop, prostitution, cabaret, mayor, corruption, religious hypocrisy, satire, power struggle, scandal, political satire, nepotism, pretending to be gay, urban, bureaucracy, sexploitation, vice, prostitute, striptease, female nudity, blackmail, loss of virginity, gay stereotype, blind girl, gay ...
Time:
80s
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