Overview

• The Moriarti team premiered the film in competition at San Sebastián to extended applause and strong early notices.
• The narrative centers on Vicente, an older gay man whose liberated life in Gran Canaria gives way to concealment after a stroke leads to a care home in Donostia.
• Lead actor José Ramón Soroiz said he initially hesitated over the role and intimate scenes before calling the demanding shoot a gift and the most wonderful stretch of his career.
• Explicit sequences with older bodies were choreographed with intimacy coordinators, which the directors say was vital to defining the character rather than provoking.
• Some distributors and platforms flagged concerns about the frank sexual content potentially alienating older viewers, yet a Spanish theatrical release is set for 26 September, one day before the awards are announced.