El Palomo cojo (1995)
- Original title
- El palomo cojo
- Directed by
- Jaime de Armiñán
- Genre
- comedy film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 5.1 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A ten-year-old boy stays with his eccentric grandparents in 1950s Andalusia. He begins to understand his own sexuality as he navigates the strange and lively household.
warmaffectionateslightly melancholiccoming-of-ageslow-pacednostalgicreflectivequirky
What happens
The Lame Pigeon (Spanish: El palomo cojo) is a 1995 Spanish drama film written and directed by Jaime de Armiñán, based on the 1991 novel by Eduardo Mendicutti, based on his childhood. It stars María Barranco, Francisco Rabal, Carmen Maura and a young Miguel Ángel Muñoz, in his feature film debut. It is a coming of age story of a ten-year-old boy sent to the house of his maternal grandparents, which is full of eccentric characters. The boy has to deal with the realization of his sexual identity. The title makes reference to the analogy of a lame pigeon with homosexuality. The film is an exploration of class and sexual identity in Andalusia, Spain, in the 1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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