LifestyleThe Guardian‘It’s the gay Titanic!’ Inside La Bola Negra, the maximalist queer spectacular bound for Oscars glory
Spanish queer war epic La Bola Negra, starring Penelope Cruz and Glenn Close, won best director at Cannes and is tipped for multiple Oscar nominations.
Oozing panache and bagging awards already, La Bola Negra is an eye-popping war and prejudice epic starring Penélope Cruz in a blond wig and Glenn Close speaking Spanish. We meet the ex-lovers who dreamed it up
Spanish directing duo Los Javis won the Cannes best director prize for La Bola Negra, a sweeping queer war epic set across three eras of Spain.
The film features Penelope Cruz in a blond wig and Glenn Close speaking Spanish, weaving together stories from 1932, 1937 and 2017.
The film is now considered an Oscars frontrunner with best picture and best director nominations described as all but guaranteed.
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