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Elisa & Marcela

Elisa y Marcela

2019

Isabel Coixet

Natalia de Molina, Greta Fernández, Sara Casasnovas, Tamar Novas ...

5.8

3,410

Drama. Romance Spain around 1900. Elisa and Marcela have been in love since their schooldays. At a time when lesbian love is considered a sacrilege, these women refuse to be separated and this exposes them to great dangers. A paean to passion, dignity and resistance.

	Author	Review
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"A dully made, frequently ridiculous eye-roller shot in standard issue black-and-white that gussies itself up as a brave clarion call for gay rights.	NEG
United States	Clarence Tsui The Hollywood Reporter	"Wanting to make a point, the filmmaker has delivered a piece devoid of the emotional nuances that made 'Brokeback Mountain' or 'Carol', to cite two seminal same-sex love stories, such gripping and heartbreaking viewing."	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Coixet transforms the real-life story of two Spanish women who married in 1901 into a bafflingly joyless affair (...) The film is lumbered with two very torpid and undynamic performances (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"A conventional and predictably plotted period drama (...) [It] misses no opportunity to make forbidden love look as classy as a perfume ad."	NEG
	Davide Abbatescianni Cineuropa	"The performances by de Molina and Fernández are impressive, and their glances and pauses powerfully convey the feelings of the two lead characters (...) In some parts, the tension is sorely lacking and the dialogue is rather dull"	NEU

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