Boystown

Loosely based on a Spanish comic book, BOYSTOWN is a romp through Madrid's chic gay district, known as “Chuecatown.” Victor is an insufferably smug real estate agent with the body of an Adonis. His greatest desire is to gentrify some beat-up flats in the heart of Chuecatown so he can rent them to upwardly mobile gay couples. What Victor wants, Victor gets. Only problem is, the flats are still occupied, mostly by little old ladies unwilling to sell. Victor circumvents this obstacle by bumping off the grannies and making it look like suicide. Meanwhile, Leo and Rey, a cuddly working-class couple who love comic books and beer more than fine arts and aesthetics, are left one of the coveted apartments. Seeing as how they're the wrong kind of gays for Victor's development, he resorts to seducing Leo to try to coerce him into selling. Reminiscent of Pedro Almodovar's outrageously colorful films, BOYSTOWN features a chase through a steamy bath house that's worth the price of admission alone. (In Spanish with English subtitles). – BB