Directed by:
Isabel CoixetScreenplay:
Isabel CoixetCinematography:
Jennifer CoxComposer:
Sofia Oriana InfanteCast:
Natalia de Molina, Greta Fernández, Jorge Suquet, Francesc Orella, Lluís Homar, Manolo Solo, Tamar Novas, María Pujalte, Sara Casasnovas, Amparo Moreno (more)VOD (1)
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When Marcela and Elisa meet on their first day in high school, it is love at first sight. A deep friendship begins which soon turns into a romantic relationship. Nothing can prevent the two girls’ feelings for each other, not even Marcela’s suspicious parents, who eventually send their daughter to boarding school. Years later, the two women meet again and decide to live together. Both are respected teachers, but their partnership has to be kept secret from the critical Catholic population. For this reason, Elisa decides to pose as a man and marry Marcela. Their wedding photo depicts two young women, one in a black dress with her hair up, the other with a short haircut and wearing a suit; both are looking hopefully into the future. But their love remains exposed to great dangers. Based on true events, Isabel Coixet’s film makes use of black-and-white images and letters for her unfussy but deeply empathetic rendition of the story of Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, who tied the knot in the church of San Jorge in A Coruña in Spain in 1901. A paean to passion, dignity and resistance. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Natalia de Molina
Spain
Best movies:
One Year, One Night (2022)
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Greta Fernández
Best movies:
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Truman (2015)
The Next Skin (2016)
Jorge Suquet
Spain
Best movies:
Costa Del Sol Squad (2019) (series)
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
La caza (2019) (series)
Francesc Orella
Spain
Best movies:
The Invisible Guest (2016)
Maradona: Blessed Dream (2021) (series)
El perqué de tot plegat (1994)
Lluís Homar
Spain
Best movies:
El perqué de tot plegat (1994)
To Die (or Not) (2000)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Manolo Solo
Best movies:
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Cell 211 (2009)
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
Tamar Novas
Spain
Best movies:
The Sea Inside (2004)
Cocaine Coast (2018) (series)
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
María Pujalte
Spain
Best movies:
Freedomfighters (1996)
The Night My Mother Killed My Father (2016)
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Sara Casasnovas
Spain
Best movies:
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Arriya - the Stone (2011)
Amparo Moreno
Spain
Best movies:
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Tania Lamata
Spain
Best movies:
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Gun City (2018)
Retribution (2015)
Milo Taboada
Spain
Best movies:
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Cocaine Coast (2018) (series)
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Roberto Leal
Argentina
Best movies:
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
The Island of Lies (2020)
Marcos Javier Fernández Eimil
Best movies:
Cocaine Coast (2018) (series)
Bitter Daisies (2018) (series)
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Andrea Caldas
Best movies:
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Carla Sospedra
Best movies:
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Elena Seijo
Best movies:
Locked Up (Antena 3 / Fox Version) (2015) (series)
Los serrano (2003) (series)
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
Carmen Vilao
Best movies:
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
The Legacy of the Bones (2019)
Luisa Merelas
Spain
Best movies:
Cocaine Coast (2018) (series)
Mondays in the Sun (2002)
Seven Billiard Tables (2007)
Roberto Alvite
Spain
Best movies:
Elisa & Marcela (2019)