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'La Bola Negra' Falls Short of Its Maximalist Ambitions

The time-hopping drama links wartime violence, homophobia and a modern inheritance that sends a Madrid historian into Federico García Lorca’s past.

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The new Spanish drama seeks to be a queer-cinema monument for the ages, weaving together three stories about gay men living through times of Fascism and freedom.

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'La Bola Negra' falls short of its maximalist ambitions

The new Spanish drama seeks to be a queer-cinema monument for the ages, weaving together three stories about gay men living through times of Fascism and freedom.

·San Diego, United States
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Critique: "La Bola Negra": Tell What Has Been Erased

Primed at Cannes, this cheerful fresco revisiting the Spanish civil war is touched by grace.

·Montreal, Canada
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Le Devoir broke the news in Montreal, Canada on Friday, October 30, 2026.
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