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Carmen & Lola (Carmen y Lola, 2018) — watch online on iFILM, a Spanish drama directed by Arantxa Echevarría that premiered at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight.
Carmen (Rosy Rodriguez) lives in a Madrid suburb, on track to follow the path her gypsy community has set for generations: engagement, marriage, children. Then she meets Lola (Zaira Romero) — same background, different direction, painting graffiti and aiming for university. The pull between them is unmistakable, and unmistakably impossible to explain to anyone around them.
Echevarría films from inside the community rather than looking at it from the outside. The pressure on Carmen is structural and specific, not just a dramatic backdrop. That specificity gives the film more weight than a coming-out story usually carries. Stream Carmen & Lola (2018) online on iFILM.
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