Elisa & Marcela

Elisa & Marcela

2019 · 118 min · ES · R · 7.3 (405 votes)
Dir. Isabel Coixet · Starring Natalia de Molina, Greta Fernández, Sara Casasnovas, Tamar Novas, María Pujalte, Francesc Orella · Music Sofía Oriana Infante
DramaRomance

The film tells the true story of Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, two women in 1901 Spain who fell deeply in love. To overcome societal and legal barriers to their relationship, Elisa assumes a male identity, enabling the pair to marry in secret. Their daring act makes them the first recorded same-sex couple to marry in Spain, but their love is tested as they face relentless persecution and sacrifice.

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A tender, deeply felt romance unfolds against the backdrop of a restrictive era. It's a quiet, yearning film about two souls defying convention for love, captured with intimate, artful grace.

romanticmelancholicyearningintimateslow-burnperiod dramaarthouseintimate filmmakinghistoricalforbidden loveidentitysocietal pressuresacrifice
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