Love & Revolution
2023 | 108 min | Comedy
A stirring feel-good drama set under the hot Andalusian sun, in which friendship and music sweep aside outdated moral concepts.
Alejandro Marín
DirectorThe director and screenwriter Alejandro Marín graduated from the ESCAC film school in Barcelona. He gained attention as the creator and director of the series *Maricón perdido* (2021), which was recognized with an Ondas Award, among other accolades. His feature film debut, *Te estoy amando locamente* (2023), deals with the beginnings of the LGBTQ movement in 1970s Andalusia. For this work, Marín received a Goya Award nomination for Best New Director, and the film won the Feroz Award for Best Comedy.
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