Overview

• Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi’s film premiered to sustained applause and strong reviews, with several outlets calling it a leading contender for the festival’s top prize.
• It follows Vicente, a septuagenarian who lives openly as a gay man in Maspalomas before a stroke leads to a return to San Sebastián and a residence where he hides his identity.
• The directors frame the residence as a well-intentioned system that still pressures conformity, drawing on interviews with care‑home staff to depict desire and relationships in later life.
• Explicit scenes of cruising and sex among older men are presented as central to defining the character, with intimacy coordinators guiding the shoot as lead actor José Ramón Soroiz navigated a demanding role.
• Some distributors cautioned that the sexual content could challenge older audiences, and the film opens in cinemas on Sept. 26 as awards buzz gathers around Soroiz’s performance.