Love & Revolution

2023 1h 48m ES

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7.1

SOLID

★7.1TMDB · 55

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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Seville, 1977. At a time when homosexuality is a crime, Reme, a traditional mother moved by the love of her son, an adolescent aspiring artist, will become involved in the Andalusian LGBTQ+ movement, paradoxically born in the bosom of the Church.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ana Wagener
Reme
Omar Banana
Miguel
Alba Flores
Lole
Alex de la Croix
Mili
Lola Buzón
Paquito / Paca
La Dani
Dani
Carmen Orellana
Maca
Jesús Carroza
Padre Manolo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alejandro Marín
Writers: Carmen Garrido Vacas, Alejandro Marín
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Spain

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alejandro Marín, shot by Andreu Ortoll. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nico Casal. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Javier Gil Alonso shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ana Wagener and Omar Banana and Alba Flores carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt22643896 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Alejandro Marín directs. Andreu Ortoll behind the camera. Nico Casal scores. Javier Gil Alonso cuts. Produced in Spain. Dialogue in Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 3 years ago.
2Directed by Alejandro Marín, shot by Andreu Ortoll. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Nico Casal. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Javier Gil Alonso shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Ana Wagener and Omar Banana and Alba Flores carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt22643896 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Andreu Ortoll
Original score: Nico Casal
Editing: Javier Gil Alonso
Production design: Elisabet Gomà Senpau
Costume design: Isis Velasco
Makeup / hair: Carmela Martín
VFX supervisor: Lluís Castells
Sound: Irene Rausell
Stunt coordinator: Joaquín Ortega
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Status: Released
Box office: $597,467
Original language: ES
IMDB: Love & Revolution (2023)

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CinemaSerf2025-10-11
★ 7/10
“Miguel” (Omar Banana) knows how to strut his stuff, Donna Summer style, but his mother “Reme” (Ana Wagener) isn’t quite clued into the ramifications of his hip swaying and flamboyance until an altercation at a wedding brings her face to face with an an uncomfortable truth in 1970s Spain. She’s terrified he will find himself in trouble and she isn’t far wrong after he leaves home and moves in with some protesting theatrical types who are determined to see the laws that support the oppression of the gay community struck down now that the era of fascism has officially ended. He has some talent does young “Miguel” and so they propose to give him a slot on stage at their drag night, but his nerves find him accidentally on the wrong side of a fire door and in the hands of the law. They draft in a friendly lawyer but as neither she nor his mother can talk to him in custody, they all have to resort to other forms of protest to try to win both his and their freedom. Wagener leads an ensemble cast that just about holds this quite flaky story together, but the emphasis of the plot is really much more to do with the ridiculousness of legislation that bundles homosexuality in with vagrancy, petty thievery and street walkers. Much of their planning goes on right under the nose of the less that supportive church which adds a fun bit of irony to the plot, too. As a feature, it’s not really the best and the production isn’t great either, but it delivers it’s message entertainingly allowing the absurdity of the law and of the small-town gossiping mentality to speak for themselves.

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