Gay Rights Film The Black Ball Wins in Toronto
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The Spanish drama The Black Ball, directed by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, has won the top prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca, sheds light on the theme of human rights.
"La bola negra", an intimate drama about the queer universe through the history of Spain, won, this Sunday (20), the main prize at the Toronto Film Festival, the first major accolade for this feature film that will represent Spain at the Oscars. Directed by the Spanish duo Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, nicknamed "Los Javis", this two-and-a-half-hour film revisits several eras, including the decisive Spanish Civil War, which between 1936 and …
The Spanish gay rights drama The Black Ball (La Bola Negra) from directors Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo won the top prize at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. The film, which stars Miguel Bernardeau, Penelope Cruz and Glenn Close, is set during the Spanish Civil War.read more »
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