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‘La Bola Negra’ Directors Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi On LGBT Casting & Pedro Almodóvar’s Support

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Spanish directorial duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi are the talk of the town in Cannes this morning after the joyous reception for their Cannes Palme d’Or contender La Bola Negra (The Black Ball) and 22-minute ovation. Revolving around the interconnected stories of three men in three different eras of 1932, 1937 and 2017, the picture is inspired by Alberto Conejero 2015 play La piedra oscura (Dark Stone) and an unfinished work by poet and playwright Federico García Lorca who was murdered in the early days of the Spanish War. Read more below!

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14 Comments

@BillTheMiniseries 4 months ago

Let's go!!! Get that Palme d'Or and onto the Oscars! 🥂

@44also44 4 months ago

Great interview! We will see more of these 2 wonderful Javiers. Bravo!

@0824mnkfjxb 4 months ago

These guys are geniuses ❤

@AJ-ut7rs 4 months ago

my God - they give me hope for future filmmakers etc. refreshing to listen to them .

@DJGarcia2265 4 months ago

What a talented duo of Spanish film! I look forward to seeing La Bola Negra!

@jaimegarcia9408 4 months ago

Genius, the new súper spanish directors. Youngs and visiónary

@mandzisim6886 4 months ago

So happy for them!!!

@oscar_ge 4 months ago

I'm an actor, and I totally agree on what they're saying about being a gay actor interpreting gay characters; we really know how to transform those real feelings into fiction and portray them honestly

@piadox 4 months ago

Congrats on the Cannes win! ❤

@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg 4 months ago (edited)

GLad to hear he didn't say it should be mandatory for gay characters to be played by gay actors. It should be about whether the performance works or not. Antonio Banderas has played gay characters in several Almodovar films, including his stunning performance in Pain and Glory, for which he won best actor at Cannes. I would never say those parts should only have been played by gay actors. Think how many gay actors have played straight characters.

@mlcarrerosevilla 4 months ago (edited)

Cuando hablan de Federico García Lorca, los javis, (por lo menos en esta entrevista), se dirigen a él como si solamente hubiera sido gay.
No, Federico García Lorca no fue famoso por ser gay, si no por ser uno de los mejores poetas que ha tenido España, en la generación de escritores del 27.(Junto a las mujeres de la Generación del 27 ,las sin sombrero)
Obvian cómo fue asesinado y que aún su cuerpo no ha sido encontrado.
De Penélope Cruz que le ensalzan tanto y (a mí no me parece tan buena actriz), y no del papel de Glen Clóset ,una actriz mundial.
No he visto la película, espero verla.
La memoria histórica de España aún no está resuelta, y es verdad que hay que hacer películas para que no se olviden de lo que pasó en este país con el golpe de estado militar de Franco.
Espero que mucha gente joven la vea, si el tema es que no se tiene que volver a repetir la historia de este país.

@pdxtim97209 2 months ago

lol @ travelling to Ibiza.....to write!😄😄😄

@user-l8y2x 4 months ago

Palme d'Or please, and yes we need gay actors playing gay leads in LGBT+ films. Straight actors cannot have an interior knowledge of how we feel, and how we feel when we fall in love with a person of the same sex. They play from the outside and some with very good intentions, but that is not in my opinion enough.