Boystown

Boystown

2007 · 101 min · ES · 5.8 (24 votes)
Dir. Juan Flahn · Starring Pepón Nieto, Pablo Puyol, Concha Velasco, Rosa María Sardà, Carlos Fuentes, Edu Soto · Music David San José
Comedy

Victor works in a real estate agency in the well-known Chueca neighborhood of Madrid. He hides a terrible secret: he makes apartments available for sale by murdering the old ladies owners that live in them. Then, refurbishes and decorates the apartments to sell them to gay couples with high purchasing power. His ultimate objective is to transform Chueca into a kind of London Soho area.

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This film offers a darkly comedic and satirical look at urban transformation. It's a campy, unsettling exploration of greed and identity set against a backdrop of gentrification, making for a provocative watch.

darkly comediccampysatiricalunsettlingsteadydark comedysocial satireurban dramagentrificationclassidentitygreed
murdermale homosexualityserial killergentrificationgay bearsgay theme
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