Review of El pico

El pico (1983)
9/10
Great portrait of the Spanish heroin epidemic at the early 80's
11 September 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Portrait of the Spanish early 80's. In the tradition of typical underground films at the time, you can see a hidden image of Spain. The image of drug dealers, margined districts, police corruption and complete self governing cities inside the city.

After the dead of the dictator Franco, an avalanche of drugs, rock and radical leftist and independentist activism flooded Spain. This transformed certain areas of the main Spanish cities into wild areas. Full of explicit violence and drugs, with a very well selected soundtrack, resembles the total freedom and anarchy atmosphere of that times and places.

Urko and Paco are two teenagers, one son of an Abertzale deputy and the other son of a Guardia Civil commander. Paco has recently lost his mother and his father in his new position in Bilabao has survived a killing attempt. Urko is son of an abertzale politician, very pressed to be well educated and in the direction his father want. They begin taking drugs and finally they deal with heroin themselves to pay for their consumption. "El cojo", the major dealer of Bilbao is threatening and pressing them to work with him. Finally they kill him to get all the heroin.
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