Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Dritan Biba, Pepón Nieto Bulgarian Lovers

I found this film totally satisfying and enjoyable. As a comedy, some will find its tragic themes not truly -- meaning painfully - dealt with.A gay, middle aged "respectable" and politically well connected Spanish "consultant" falls in love with a virile Bulgarian immigrant, and soon falls in with his lover's shady company. The older man seems to wish to escape his trivial emotional life and "queenie" friends; crime feels "real" to him. He wants his love of Kyril to overpower all other reality, even if Kyril cannot love him. He becomes "completely" Bulgarian, and goes to Kyril's wedding in Bulgaria, where he rejects seduction by Kyril's handsome younger male cousin.The actors and the acting are attractive. The story is fast-paced and complicated, and tautly directed. There is much to look at, and to think about.I have not been able to convey the film's wonderful comic spirit, as I have focused on its "deeper" themes. Regardless, this is a sweet comedy about true love.

Fun

Very interesting foreign film, gives a look into Spanish culture

this movie is great, it's funny and it has sex. its a movie i watched along time ago and when i found it again at such a good price i was very happy. This movie is for anyone that wants to watch a romantice comedy with a little drama and hot sex.

Fun and sexy.

Funny comedy

Based on a popular, but not very good, Spanish novel, this film tells the story of a Spanish middle-aged man's relationship with a hunky Bulgarian who's after his money and has a blonde girlfriend/wife. Unfortunately, the film is not as smart or witty as its makers seem to think it is. The filmmakers didn't seem to have a clear idea of what they wanted to do: a dark comedy, a sex romp, a witty commentary on Spanish gay male culture, a humorous gay melodrama a la Almodovar. Instead, you get a little bit of everything and most of it is not done particularly well.Still, the two leads are attractive in their own ways, the plot, while preposterous and unnecessarily convoluted, is amusing, and there's more male frontal nudity than Americans are used to (although the film is far from being as graphic as the cover suggests and the few sex scenes are quite tame). And the stereotypes of the queeny middle-aged men and the hunky foreigners, while somewhat crude and even potentially offensive, are actually quite refreshing when compared to the boringly PC American gay movies.

Eloy de la Iglesia returns behind the camera after more than a decade to direct this 2002 flick "Bulgarian Lovers." It is a Spanish production, despite the title, and follows a love triangle with Daniel played by Fernando Guillen Cuervo as a mild mannered attorney who cruises gay bars and picks up the hungry Kyril played by Dritan Biba. Kyril speaks about his fiancee back in Bulgaria and is easily able to split his gay relationship with Daniel who enables him to survive and acquire legal residency papers to his loyalties to his fiancee. The picture heats up, as the thugs Kyril hangs out with appear to be either drug dealers or terrorists. Kyril utilizes Daniel as one of his resources. Daniel assists in bringing Kyril's fiancee to Spain and then accompanies him back for his marriage in Bulgaria. While the obvious sensational elements of nudity are there, the film surpasses that by being an interesting character study on the what necessity forces individuals to do and how love and loyalty must sometimes be compromised for the sake of survival. It is an interesting film, but certainly not for the straightlaced! Enjoy!

A very entertaining movie ...Well filmed and well acted ...Interesting plot and a very good looking actor...I didnt find any fault with this film ...I recommend it for a good time

Buenas actuaciones, y en general la película te mantiene en la trama. Algo quizá de situaciones reales con algo de drama, pero en general podria recomendar esta película.

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