Love & Revolution

Love & Revolution (Spanish: Te estoy amando locamente)[3] is a 2023 Spanish historical drama film directed by Alejandro Marín (in his directorial debut feature) starring Ana Wagener and Omar Banana alongside Alba Flores.

Love & Revolution
Theatrical release poster
SpanishTe estoy amando locamente
Directed byAlejandro Marín
Screenplay by
  • Carmen Garrido
  • Alejandro Marín
Produced by
  • Antonio Asensio
  • Sergi Casamitjana
  • Paloma Molina
  • Aintza Serra
Starring
CinematographyAndreu Ortoll
Production
companies
  • Escándalo Films
  • Escac Estudio
  • Zeta Cinema
  • Zeta Audiovisual
  • La Pepa Films
  • Te estoy amando AIE
Distributed byFilmax
Release date
  • 6 July 2023 (2023-07-06)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget€2.75 million[1]
Box office€0.50 million[2]

Plot

Set in 1977 Seville, at a time homosexuality was a crime in Spain, against the backdrop of the struggle against the repressive Law on social dangerousness and rehabilitation, the plot follows Reme and her son Miguel (a wannabe singer and performer) who become acquainted with the budding Andalusian LGBTI movement.[4][5][6]

Cast

Production

The plot is inspired by the genesis of the Movimiento Homosexual de Acción Revolucionaria ("Homosexual Movement for Revolutionary Action") led by trans activist Mar Cambrollé.[4] Love & Revolution had British social comedy films such as Billy Elliot (2000) and Pride (2014) as references.[9]

The film is an Escándalo Films, Escac Estudio, Zeta Cinema, Zeta Audiovisual, La Pepa Films and Te estoy amando AIE production. It was participated by RTVE, Movistar Plus+, Netflix, Canal Sur Radio y Televisión and Crea SGR. It also had backing and funding from ICAA, ICEC, ICO, Mogambo, and Triodos Bank.[10] Shooting locations included Barcelona and Seville.[11]

Rigoberta Bandini composed the song "Yo solo quiero amor" for the film score.[12]

Release

Distributed by Filmax,[6] the film was released theatrically on 6 July 2023 in 109 Spanish screens following a rather muted promotional campaign.[13] The film underperformed at the box office in the first two days, grossing €67,000.[14] After three weeks, it had grossed €274,415.[13]

Reception

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 75 points ("good") highlighting the "luminous" character of the film, "featuring an encouraging message".[15]

Ricardo Rosado of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Banana's arrival to big screen as the best thing about the film.[16]

Miguel Ángel Romero of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, underscoring it to be the Spanish version of Pride, making the LGTBI collective's struggle visible.[17]

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the "thrilling melodrama" to be an "inspirational film, very well produced and even better acted, in which there is hardly a blur", otherwise noting a potentially surprising feature of the film being the "total absence of sex".[18]

See also

References
  1. "Propuesta de resolución provisional de la Subdirección General de Fomento de la Industria Cinematográfica y Audiovisual, por la que se conceden, para el año 2021, ayudas generales para la producción de largometrajes sobre proyecto" (PDF) (in European Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. "Acumulado cine español 2023" (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. "Te estoy amando locamente". Spainted. New Spanish Films.2023. Summer/Fall (PDF). ICAA. p. 143. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  4. Sisí Sánchez, Alberto (6 July 2023). "'Te estoy amando locamente' o cuando apelar a la memoria se demuestra luminoso, encantador y necesario". Vogue.
  5. Rivera, Alfonso (21 October 2022). "Te estoy amando locamente: así se titula el debut de Alejandro Marín". Cineuropa.
  6. "RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de 'Te estoy amando locamente', sobre el moviento LGTBI andaluz de 1977". rtve.es. 30 May 2023.
  7. Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (3 July 2023). "Los estrenos del 6 de julio. 'Te estoy amando locamente'. La lucha por el cambio". Aisge.
  8. "El director de 'Maricón perdido' cuenta cómo nació el movimiento LGTBI andaluz en los 70 dentro de la Iglesia: tráiler de 'Te estoy amando locamente', su debut en el cine". Espinof. 31 May 2023.
  9. Zurro, Javier (6 July 2023). "'Te estoy amando locamente' reivindica a los pioneros activistas LGTBI para "no repetir errores del pasado"". eldiario.es.
  10. "'Te estoy amando locamente', en cines el 7 de julio". Audiovisual451. 31 May 2023.
  11. "Tráiler de 'Te estoy amando locamente': una madre en el movimiento LGTBI andaluz de los 70". Cineconñ. 31 May 2023.
  12. ""Te estoy amando locamente", una película "necesaria" sobre el inicio del movimiento LGTBI". La Vanguardia. 22 June 2023.
  13. García, Yago (27 July 2023). "'Te estoy amando locamente', la película que resiste en taquilla pese a los ataques de la ultraderecha". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  14. Ondarra, Marcos (14 July 2023). "La película LGTB de Alba Flores recauda solo 67.000 euros tras recibir un millón en ayudas". The Objective (in European Spanish). The Objective. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  15. Hernández Luján, Raquel (6 July 2023). "Crítica de Te estoy amando locamente: orgullosos de la diversidad, pero conscientes de los retos pendientes". HobbyConsolas.
  16. Rosado, Ricardo (6 July 2023). "Crítica de 'Te estoy amando locamente', Ana Wagener y Omar Banana en busca de la libertad LGTBI". Fotogramas.
  17. Romero, Miguel Ángel (6 July 2023). "'Te estoy amando locamente': la lucha del colectivo LGTBI andaluz en una emotiva versión patria de 'Pride'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  18. Ocaña, Javier (7 July 2023). "'Te estoy amando locamente': emocionante melodrama sobre los inicios del movimiento LGTBI en Andalucía". El País.
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