Boystown (film)

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Boystown
Directed by
StarringPepón Nieto
Pablo Puyol
Concha Velasco
Release date
  • July 6, 2007 (2007-07-06)
Running time
101 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Boystown (Spanish: Chuecatown, for Chueca, a gay neighborhood in Madrid) is a 2007 Spanish comedy film directed by .[1][2]

Synopsis[]

This comedy directed by , focuses on the neighborhood of Chueca that is located in Madrid. Victor, an owner of a real-estate company, wants to have a monopoly over all the apartments in Chueca, in order to turn it into the Madrid version of the Castro district in San Francisco, but the apartments are owned by senior citizens that don't want to sell to him. Victor decides to take matters into his own hands and murder anyone that stands in his way. Everything is going Victor's way until Rey and Luis, a gay couple, inherit the apartment of Victor's latest victim. Victor tries to buy the apartment from Rey but he refuses to sell it because he wants his mother, Doña Antonia, to move into the apartment. Now Victor has to find a way to kill Doña Antonia while police are out looking for the murderer that's on the loose in Chueca.

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Awards[]

The film was awarded Best International Feature at in 2008.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Harvey, Dennis (November 13, 2007). "Chuecatown". Variety. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Boystown (AKA Chuecatown)". Film Threat. January 2, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "2008 Awards List" (PDF). FilmOut San Diego. Retrieved August 1, 2021.

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