The Spanish soap opera ‘Sueños de Libertad’ 2024 series is the Spanish adaptation of a Turkish soap opera, set in a picturesque town in Toledo in the late 1950s. After more than 40 episodes, ‘Dreams of Freedom’ has demonstrated an exceptional ability to keep viewers on the edge of their seats, revealing unexpected twists in…
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The Stepmother by Melissa Tereze
“The Stepmother” by Melissa Tereze is not a “traditional” age gap lesbian romance. The title certainly suggests it and we’re all intrigued how the author could make the stepmother and the stepdaughter fall for each other without being a big cliché. First, Diane Astell (the stepmother) and Hayley McCalister (the stepdaughter) only meet after Mike’s…
So My Grandma’s a Lesbian! (Salir del ropero) ~ Spanish comedy ~ released January 2021 on Netflix
I loved the fact that this movie is a salacious comedy with 2 older women as leading characters: Sofia (Verónica Forqué) and Celia (Rosa Maria Sardà) . So My Grandma’s a Lesbian! (Salir del ropero) is directed by a woman : Ángeles Reiné Sofia and Celia lived on a coastal conservative small town in Spain on the…
Elisa & Marcela ~ lez movie 2019
Isabel Coixet’s Netflix drama is a relentlessly tasteful affair Dir/scr: Isabel Coixet. Spain. 2019. 118 mins The story of what was arguably Spain’s first gay marriage is turned into a relentlessly pretty melodrama in Isabel Coixet’s latest feature. Shot in black and white, the overlong drama could conceivably pass for edgy with the mass audience…