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LA BOLA NEGRA

DramaWar

Directed by Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy. From TMDB

235 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works

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LA BOLA NEGRA is a 2026 drama war film, directed by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, starring Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau and Carlos González.

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  • Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    went to see LA BOLA NEGRA last night in order to avoid election night scrolling, which was already very emotional because it's a beautiful movie about queer art and fascism, but checking my phone once it was over to discover that we'd flipped Texas and taken the Senate....a top emotional experience

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  • Taniel @taniel.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2026

    La Bola Negra, I thought, is a really beautiful movie, visually stunning with these really amazing fresco-like shots. High recommend!

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  • LeesahSea @leesahsea.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Happy #LetterboxdFriday 📽️! My #LastFourWatched this week are from my final day of TIFF, plus a rewatch of a beautiful film from Cartoon Saloon. What have you been watching recently? Wolfwalkers (2020) La Bola Negra (2026) Woman Unknown (2026) Happily Ever After (2026)

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  • Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    The Spanish gay epic La Bola Negra has just won the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice award - a solid predictor of Oscar glory. I can’t wait to see this.

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  • JenJen @diflaversham.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    A queer film from Spain received a 20 minute ovation at Cannes this year, one of the longest in the festival’s history! 'La Bola Negra' directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi told the audience: "To everyone who thinks that we're gonna step back in our LGBTQ rights, I have bad news.”

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  • Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    MOVIE #3: LA BOLA NEGRA So beautiful, an epic tale. I was crying. Was lovely to have Guitarricadelafuente at Middleburg for a Q&A.

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  • jordyn 🥀 @jordynsyrup.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    3/4 of my #LastFourWatched are TIFF films 🫶🏻 Villeneuve (French film) was a very wholesome story about a Canadian legend. Club Kid & La Bola Negra (Spanish film) were both BL but vastly different & beautiful storylines, so much love for the LGBTQ+ comm at people’s choice! 🥹 also Lindsay Lohan & gore

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  • mathbüü 👻😱 @janicefilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2026

    I do not know if it’s possible for a gay person to watch La Bola Negra and not be unbelievably moved by the end (if not outright sobbing, as many people were at the end of my screening). A truly special film

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  • LeesahSea @leesahsea.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    My Four Favourite First Time Watches 📽️ of September 2026 (aka My Four Favourite Films from TIFF): All of a Sudden (2026) Everytime (2026) Possible Love (2026) La Bola Negra (2026) (Listed in order I saw them within the month)

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  • queerguide.bsky.social @queerguide.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2026

    Miguel Bernardeau reveals whether he used a prosthetic for La Bola Negra #film #laBolaNegra

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  • When To Stream @whentostream.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 24, 2026

    LA BOLA NEGRA (2026) Streaming: December 4, 2026 Netflix #LaBolaNegra whentostream.com/cannes-prize...

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  • Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    At the BFI London Film Festival premiere of LA BOLA NEGRA, Penelope Cruz ditched the Chanel and got herself into something seriously adorable tomandlorenzo.com/2026/10/bfi-...

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  • Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    just got out of La Bola Negra and I whole-heartedly second everything here, it completely knocked me out. Whatta picture, I love when the movie is an opera, I love when I can hear the whole theater weeping, I love when Penelope Cruz

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  • Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    Cannes Red Carpet Rundown: Demi Moore, Penelope Cruz and Tilda Swinton made total diva turns at the premiere of LA BOLA NEGRA tomandlorenzo.com/2026/05/cann...

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  • Gaz @rycbar39.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    Official teaser for 'The Black Ball' (LA BOLA NEGRA) that dazzled at its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Spanning 3 timelines following 3 gay men across different moments in Spanish history

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  • Ian Bulaclac @ian-boolocklock.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    For this #LetterboxdFriday I watched more films from my regional film festival. I think I liked what I saw. #LastFourWatched are: Valentine (2001) Act One (2026) (comes out in 2027) La Bola Negra (2026) Wild Horse Nine (2026)

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  • time2lose @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 3, 2026

    ‘Wildwood’ and ‘Ray Gunn’ to World Premiere at London Film Festival as ‘Ink,’ ‘Club Kid,’ ‘Bunker,’ ‘La Bola Negra,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ and More Join Lineup.

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  • DNA @dnamagazine.comBluesky · Sep 22, 2026

    Toronto Festival Crowned Gay Epic “La Bola Negra” Film Of The Year

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  • Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    The first teaser trailer for ‘LA BOLA NEGRA’ has been released. Directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, the film releases in Spain on October 2 before streaming on Movistar Plus+. #LaBolaNegra #JavierCalvo

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  • Rocco T. Thompson @roccotthompson.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2026

    They (unfortunately) don't share any scenes in La Bola Negra, but it did give me a small thrill to see Penelope Cruz and Lola Dueñas in the same movie again.

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  • Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2026

    ‘LA BOLA NEGRA’ opens with $277.5K domestically. • $69,375 per-screen average across 4 theaters in LA and NY • 2nd-highest PSA ever for a non-English film, behind ‘PARASITE’ • Highest PSA ever for a Spanish-language film #LaBolaNegra #BoxOffice

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  • Breakfast All Day @bfastallday.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social roll La Bola Negra around. #filmsky 📽

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  • The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    A servant (Emma Stone) sends ripples through Queen Anne’s court in Yorgos Lanthimos’ THE FAVOURITE. See it Sat, Oct 10 in our series Queer, Period., curated in collaboration with LA BOLA NEGRA filmmakers Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi. Get tickets: paristheaternyc.com/film/the-fav...

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  • return2ozma @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 29, 2026

    ‘La Bola Negra’ Is One of the Best LGBTQ+ Movies of the Century. Trailer: https://youtu.be/IRHtqjHYPew

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  • omg, it's tomas @cinemagay.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    Overjoyed to learn that my wish came true! Congratulations to La Bola Negra for winning TIFF's top prize!! 😭❤️ A film that so openly and beautifully celebrates queerness and our histories absolutely deserves this achievement. Thank you, Toronto!!

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  • moosetress @mistresscurvy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    Last night I saw La Bola Negra and MAN is that a movie designed to fuck me up specifically lol. And you may be like sure it’s a gay movie about the Spanish civil war, of course it does, but that’s not even the half of it. If you can see it in theaters, I recommend it SO much

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  • The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    The final film from queer iconoclast Rainer Werner Fassbinder, QUERELLE screens Oct 14 in our new series Queer, Period., an eight-film celebration curated in collaboration with LA BOLA NEGRA filmmakers Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo. Get tickets: paristheaternyc.com/film/querell...

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  • Gregory Ellwood @gregoryellwood.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    The Javis' La Bola Negra wins the Toronto International Film Festival 2026 People's Choice Award while Elsinore takes the International category. La Bola Negra may be the Netflix box office hit no one was expecting. All the winners: theplaylist.net/la-bola-negr...

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  • Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2026

    The Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival is awarded to three filmmakers: - Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi for ‘LA BOLA NEGRA’ - Paweł Pawlikowski for ‘FATHERLAND’ #Cannes #LaBolaNegra #Fatherland

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  • Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    The sweeping epic LA BOLA NEGRA is Now Playing at the Music Box, presented in 35mm! Come to tonight's 5:30pm screening and receive a commemorative 35mm Film Strip, while supplies last! Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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  • New London Boy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @newlondonboy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    🎞 'It’s the gay Titanic!’ Inside La Bola Negra, the maximalist queer spectacular bound for Oscars glory. #FilmSky #MovieSky #LGBTQ #Oscars #LaBolaNegra www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...

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  • Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2026

    The @reelingfilmfest.bsky.social kicks off this Thursday September 17th, with an Opening Night presentation of LA BOLA NEGRA at the Music Box! www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/r...

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  • CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.comBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    So the upcoming Spanish queer film, La Bola Negra, looks kinda excellent. Theatre release date is Oct 16. It's got Penelope Cruz and Glenn Close in it as well. 🏳️‍🌈 #FilmSky

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  • Will Morrison @wamorrison95.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Well…La Bola Negra is my favorite movie of the year

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  • Jose @jum.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    LA BOLA NEGRA: A completely transportive movie that’s wonderfully gay down to the most basic mechanics of its filmmaking. Its ambition is only matched by the genius of the screenwriting and direction. The literary/historical epic/war romance/melodrama/movie musical event of the decade. Four stars.

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  • The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    LA BOLA NEGRA continues to enchant audiences in 35mm at The Paris. Join us this Saturday, Nov 7 for the 2:35 PM screening introduced by Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, a poet and scholar on the works of Federico García Lorca! paristheaternyc.com/film/la-bola...

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  • Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2026

    Out now on Overinvested: @msclairebiddles.bsky.social and I share a lineup of spoiler-free reviews from the London Film Festival, covering La Bola Negra, The Debut, Elsinore, Fjord, and more.

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  • Kevenn T. Smith @kevenntsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2026

    Saw the film La Bola Negra tonight. What a masterpiece. It immediately feels like a modern queer cinema classic. Penelope Cruz never looked more beautiful. Standout performances from Guitarricadelafuente & Miguel Bernardeau (from the show ELITE). Fantastically directed. You deserve to see this.

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  • Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2026

    Winner of Best Director at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, the sweeping epic LA BOLA NEGRA opens this Thursday at the Music Box! 🎞Presented In 35mm🎞 Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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  • 🍺Donald Clarke 🎥 @donaldclarke.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    Happily, it has turned out to be a late-delivery #Cannes. LA BOLA NEGRA is one heck of a lot of movie. Spanish epic based around a myth of Lorca that takes in Glenn Close as hauty academic and Penelope Cruz in super-diva mode. The cliche we’re looking for here is “crowd-pleaser”

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  • Colin @arthurstwin.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    Last Cannes 2026 film I’m invested in is screening now (La Bola Negra)

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  • Kristen Lopez @kristenklopez.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    Got some movie recommendations from the last month for you. This includes my continued love for WICKER and WILDWOOD, as well as looks at MISTY GREEN, LA BOLA NEGRA, and Ken Russell's restored THE DEVILS. thefilmmaven.com/best-movies-...

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  • Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2026

    This is a good example that shows how all my ratings are relative. Do I think My Bloody Valentine is a better movie than La Bola Negra? No, that's crazy. But do I think MBV is better at being a slasher movie than LBN is at being a historical melodrama? Yup, I kinda do.

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  • Jaime Woo @thejaimewoo.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    i need to process LA BOLA NEGRA more, but initial thoughts are that the film can be understood as a spiritual sibling to THE HOURS, and that the brief appearances by penelope cruz and glenn close electrify and magnetize, respectively

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  • FRANK'S FILM REVIEW @franksfilmreview.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2026

    La Bola Negra (2026) While on vacation in New York City, I was lucky enough to catch a screening of La Bola Negra at the Paris Theater. Beyond the great film, the evening was special because Glenn Close was there to introduce it... Full article: franksfilmreview.com/2026/10/16/l...

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  • nana⁷ 🌻 ⊙⊝⊜ @nankku.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    just watched La Bola Negra, a new Spanish movie that has been submitted to the Oscars and I truly recommend everyone should watch ㅠㅠ

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  • The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2026

    Park Chan-wook’s THE HANDMAIDEN screens Thu, Oct 8 as part of Queer, Period., celebrating the Oct 16 release of LA BOLA NEGRA, on 35mm at The Paris. Queer, Period. features films inspired by LA BOLA NEGRA, curated with filmmakers Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi. paristheaternyc.com/film/the-han...

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  • The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    LA BOLA NEGRA cast member Julio Torres will introduce the 6:15 PM screenings on Oct 16 & Oct 17! Cannes award-winner LA BOLA NEGRA, Spain’s Official Selection for International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards®, opens in 35mm. Tickets going fast. paristheaternyc.com/film/la-bola...

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  • Projectslay @projectslay.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2026

    La Bola Negra is in theaters October 16th! I saw it last week and loved it. It’s a great gay war movie! It’s truly more than that but in the simplest terms so to speak haha.

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  • Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    ‘LA BOLA NEGRA’ earns a 20-minute standing ovation at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, among the longest in festival history. #LaBolaNegra #Cannes

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  • sebastian @sebcanem.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    La Bola Negra is the best movie of the year and I need furries to get into it because I have a need to see Carlos as a sullen doberman and Mr Hunky Atlético footballer as a sad injured wolf, for reasons

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  • Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    Our next ep will be a group of spoiler-free reviews from the London Film Festival, including Elsinore, La Bola Negra, and The Debut.

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  • ivan thee terrible @weirdlittlebear.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    I am so unbelievably excited to watch La Bola Negra (2026) it's probably my most anticipated movie of the year

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  • The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Curated with LA BOLA NEGRA filmmakers Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi to celebrate the Oct 16 release of their film, our new series Queer, Period. celebrates the rich legacy of the queer historical drama. Don’t miss Park Chan-wook’s THE HANDMAIDEN on Oct 8: paristheaternyc.com/film/the-han...

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  • Kevin Atkinson @ikeatkinson.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    Watched the LA BOLA NEGRA trailer and wow that movie is gonna wreck me huh?

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  • The Paris Theater - NYC @paristheaternyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    Love leaves a legacy. LA BOLA NEGRA opens on 35mm at the Paris October 16. Get tickets now. www.paristheaternyc.com/film/la-bola...

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  • James Marsh @marshy00.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2026

    New movie out today in Hong Kong: GODZILLA MINUS ZERO, LA BOLA NEGRA, GO FOR BROKE 2, TO YOU IN THE BEYOND, DETECTIVE CONAN: THE COUNTERFEIT CASE OF ULTRA 30

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  • STARLOG Da7e Gonzales @da7e.comBluesky · Nov 3, 2026

    Well there were some technical difficulties, so I’ll be catching LA BOLA NEGRA this Sunday in my local independent theater. Oh no, only a one movie day, what will I do, edit the podcasts I have to post this week?

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  • Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    I am in the minority but I did not like LAS HORAS, I mean LA BOLA NEGRA. Well, it's better than THE HOURS because the directors didn't make a stodgy movie and nobody has on a fake nose. But close enough. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/29/a...

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  • Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    i liked La Bola Negra but also couldn’t quite put my finger on what about the film — which is romantic and tragic and beautiful, but also feels pretty narratively derivative — didn’t work for me, and this was an interesting read in that context

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Guitarricadelafuente actor profile photo
Guitarricadelafuente
Sebastián
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Miguel Bernardeau
Rafael
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Carlos González
Alberto
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Milo Quifes
Carlos
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Lola Dueñas
Teresa
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Penélope Cruz
Nené Romero
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Glenn Close
Isabelle Durand
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Antonio de la Torre
Vicente (El padre de Carlos)

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