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Elisa & Marcela (2019)

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Original title
Elisa y Marcela
Directed by
Isabel Coixet
Genre
drama film, biographical film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
R
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 404 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In early 1900s Spain, two women fall in love and decide to marry. To do so, one of them disguises herself as a man so they can be wed in a Catholic church.

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What happens

Elisa & Marcela (Spanish: Elisa y Marcela) is a 2019 Spanish biographical romantic drama film directed by Isabel Coixet. Starring Natalia de Molina and Greta Fernández, the plot concerns the story of Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, two women who posed as a heterosexual couple in order to marry in 1901 at Church of Saint George in A Coruña, becoming the first same-sex matrimony recorded in Spain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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