Overview
- Premiering in competition, the Basque Moriarti team’s film received sustained applause at its press screening and is being touted locally as a frontrunner for the Concha de Oro.
- Set between Maspalomas and San Sebastián, the story follows a septuagenarian who embraces a liberated gay life before a health crisis leads him to a care residence where he conceals his identity.
- The filmmakers depict explicit sex and nudity among older men to define the character and contrast worlds, a choice some distributors questioned for its intensity.
- Spanish theatrical release is set for Friday, September 26, one day before the festival’s awards announcement.
- Lead actor José Ramón Soroiz describes the role as demanding; intimate scenes were choreographed with intimacy coordinators, and coverage points to likely awards recognition for his performance.