CONFESSIONS OF A CONGRESSMAN

Spain | 1978 | DCP | 107 min. | Spanish with English subtitles
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia
Cast: José Sacristán, María Luisa San José, José Luis Alonso
Roberto Orbea (Sacristán), is a prominent leftist politician whose secret relationships with exploited street youths make him vulnerable to blackmail by Francoist authorities eager to crush the opposition. When the regime plants the seemingly innocent Juanito to entrap him, the young man instead becomes emotionally entangled with both Roberto and his wife Carmen. Released just two years after the death of Francisco Franco, this unconventional, suspenseful, and sometimes marvelously lurid drama exposes the hypocrisy and coercive tactics of the dictatorship while honestly depicting the double life of its closeted protagonist.