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Hidden Pleasures
Directed byEloy de la Iglesia
Written byEloy de la Iglesia
Rafael Sánchez Campoy
Produced byAlborada P.C.
StarringSimón Andreu
Charo López
Tony Fuentes
CinematographyCarlos Suárez
Edited byJosé Luis Matesanz
Music byCarmelo A. Bernaola
Distributed byFILM BANDERA S.A.
Release date
1977
Running time
95 mins.
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Hidden Pleasures (Spanish Los placeres ocultos) is a 1977 drama film, directed by Eloy de la Iglesia, and written by de la Iglesia and Rafael Sánchez Campoy.

Plot

A middle-aged, closeted homosexual banker from a wealthy family, Eduardo (Simón Andreu), falls in love with a much younger heterosexual man, Miguel (Tony Fuentes).

Eduardo becomes friends with Miguel and his girlfriend Carmen (Beatriz Rossat) but their relationship causes problems for everyone.

Cast

  • Simón Andreu - Eduardo
  • Tony Fuentes - Miguel
  • Charo López - Rosa, Miguel's lover
  • Beatriz Rossat - Carmen, Miguel's girlfriend
  • Antonio Corencia - Raúl, Eduardo's friend
  • Germán Cobos - Ignacio, Eduardo's brother
  • Ana Farra - Eduardo's mother
  • Ángel Pardo, Nes
  • Queta Claver - Miguel's mother
  • Antonio Iranzo - Carmen's father
  • Antonio Gamero - voyeur in park
  • Josele Román - Pili, a prostitute
  • Carmen Platero - Olga, a prostitute