Love & Revolution

Set in 1977 Seville, at a time homosexuality was a crime in Spain, against the backdrop of the struggle against the repressive Law on social dangerousness and rehabilitation, the plot follows Reme and her son Miguel (a wannabe singer and performer) who become acquainted with the budding Andalusian LGBTI movement.^[4][5][6]

The plot is inspired by the genesis of the Movimiento Homosexual de Acción Revolucionaria ("Homosexual Movement for Revolutionary Action") led by trans activist Mar Cambrollé.^[4] Love & Revolution had British social comedy films such as Billy Elliot (2000) and Pride (2014) as references.^[9]

The film is an Escándalo Films, Escac Estudio, Zeta Cinema, Zeta Audiovisual, La Pepa Films and Te estoy amando AIE production. It was participated by RTVE, Movistar Plus+, Netflix, Canal Sur Radio y Televisión and Crea SGR. It also had backing and funding from ICAA, ICEC, ICO, Mogambo, and Triodos Bank.^[10] Shooting locations included Barcelona and Seville.^[11]

Rigoberta Bandini composed the song "Yo solo quiero amor" for the film score.^[12]

Distributed by Filmax,^[6] the film was released theatrically on 6 July 2023 in 109 Spanish screens following a rather muted promotional campaign.^[13] The film underperformed at the box office in the first two days, grossing €67,000.^[14] After three weeks, it had grossed €274,415.^[13]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 75 points ("good") highlighting the "luminous" character of the film, "featuring an encouraging message".^[15]

Ricardo Rosado of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Banana's arrival to big screen as the best thing about the film.^[16]

Miguel Ángel Romero of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, underscoring it to be the Spanish version of Pride, making the LGTBI collective's struggle visible.^[17]

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the "thrilling melodrama" to be an "inspirational film, very well produced and even better acted, in which there is hardly a blur", otherwise noting a potentially surprising feature of the film being the "total absence of sex".^[18]

• List of Spanish films of 2023