The list includes several LGTBIQ+ classics and a hit 2023 romantic comedy.
From productions signed by fashion directors such as Luca Guadagnino to first works of the cinemawe have prepared a selection of films which you can watch at home the weekend of June 28, 2024. Dramas and comedies who represent the collective LGTBIQ+ and, above all, they proudly celebrate diversity.
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (2017)
Call Me by Your Name (2017), the adaptation of the novel by André Acimanis an ode to first love set in Italy during the summer of 1983. Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) is a teenager who spends his days in the family villa reading and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel), among other things. “One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming American researcher working on his doctorate, arrives to help Elio’s father (Michael Stuhlbarg) as an intern for the summer. Amidst the sunny splendor of this setting, Elio and Oliver will discover the intoxicating beauty of sexual awakening over the course of a summer that will change their lives forever,” reads the official synopsis. Luca Guadagnino directs the Oscar-winning film that is part of the catalog of Netflix.
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (2023)
“Estibaliz Urresola offers in his first film, awarded in Berlin and Malaga, a walk as delicate as it is emotional with his eyes closed to the very edge of the abysses of identity”, we can read in the review that Luis Martínez wrote in El Mundo. The journalist is speaking of 20,000 species of bees (2023), the winner of three Goya Awards where we met Cocó (Sofia Otero). She is an eight-year-old trans girl who doesn’t fit in with everyone else’s expectations and doesn’t understand why people (including her family) insist on calling her Aitor. Where can you see it? Last time we checked she was available on demand at Movistar+.
THE LIFE OF ADÈLE (2013)
If we talk about productions with LGTBIQ+ themewe cannot forget one of the best romantic dramas of French cinema: The life of Adele (2013). “At 15 years old Adèle (Adele Exarchopoulos) has no doubt that a girl should date boys. Her life will change forever when he meets Emma (Lea Seydoux), a young woman with blue hair who will discover what desire is, and the path to maturity. Thus, Adèle will grow, she will search for herself, she will lose herself and find herself again… and all this under the watchful eye of those around her,” explains the synopsis of the work directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. The winner of the Palme d’Or at the festival of Cannes Is available in Filmin.
RED, WHITE AND BLOOD BLOOD (2023)
Red, white and blue blood It premiered on August 11, 2023 in Amazon Prime Videoreaping so much success that the platform gave the green light to a sequel. This adaptation of the novel Casey McQuiston follows the story of Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez), the son of the first female president of the United States (Uma Thurman). “After an incident at a royal wedding, Alex has to pretend to be friends with Prince Henry of England (Nicholas Galitzine) to prevent it from becoming a diplomatic crisis, even though they can’t stand each other. However, romantic feelings soon surface that they weren’t prepared for,” Prime Video previews Red, White & Blue Bloods.
GIRL (2018)
Lara (Victor Polster), 15 years old, dreams of becoming a professional dancer and has the support of her father (Arieh Worthalter) to achieve it. However, his body does not bend so easily to the hard discipline that ballet imposes on him. And it is that in reality he was born as a boy. This is the starting point of the debut film of Lukas Dhonalso director of Close (2022), which you can find at Filmin.
