José Luis Manzano

Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores

Rafael R. Rafatal

Román Gubern, Alaska

Spain. 1978. Year of the first democratic elections following the dictatorship, and of the birth cine quinqui (delinquent movies): films that rapidly became a big commercial success, showing things that were banned by the censorship not too long before.

El pico

Eloy de la Iglesia

José Luis Manzano, José Manuel Cervino

Paco, the teenage son of a Civil Guard commander in Basque Country, becomes addicted to heroin.

Navajeros

Eloy de la Iglesia

José Luis Manzano, Isela Vega

A chronicle of the life of Jaro, the leader of a juvenile delinquent gang, depicting his rise from street urchin to outlaw anti-hero on the way to his inevitable end.

Colegas

Eloy de la Iglesia

Antonio Flores, Rosario Flores

The plot follows the misadventures of two young friends who are forced into street hustling and ever-expanding life of crime when one impregnates the sister of the other and they need to get the money to pay for her to have an abortion.

El pico 2

Eloy de la Iglesia

José Luis Manzano, Fernando Guillén

Following the events of El pico, the heroin-addicted Paco faces jail time due to his involvement in a double murder.

The Tobacconist of Vallecas

Eloy de la Iglesia

Emma Penella, José Luis Gómez

Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas district of Madrid, but Mrs. Justa, the tobacconist, impedes it alerting the neighbors who notify police. Inside the shop, the confrontation between the two friends and their 'hostages', the tobacconist and her niece Angeles, is relaxing, and a budding sympathy arises between them.

Barcelona sur

Jordi Cadena

Marta Molins, Alma Muriel

Obsessed with finding her old boyfriend, Gumer, a 25-year-old girl, is released from jail in Barcelona, one of Europe's most sought-after port cities for drug trafficking and prostitution. Charo, her best friend, tries to help her, although she is not free, since depends on her pimp "Toni". But Gumer will persuade Charo to abandon Toni and form, along with other friends, a band to start businesses on their own.

Policía

Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia

Emilio Aragón, Ana Obregón

Blood In The Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon

Kier-La Janisse, Don Adams

Eloy de la Iglesia, José Antonio de la Loma

Quinqui cinema encompassed a series of Spanish crime films with a unique national sensibility, as they reflected the times of the Franco dictatorship transition. Guided by academics Mery Cuesta and Tom Whittaker, this featurette explores this explosive subgenre.