Spanish Film Duo Los Javis Fell in Love, Broke up, Then Made an Oscar-Tipped Gay Epic
The film expands Lorca’s unfinished play into three queer storylines and won Best Director at Cannes, with Glenn Close and Penélope Cruz in supporting roles.
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The Independent (US)Spanish film duo Los Javis fell in love, broke up, then made an Oscar-tipped gay epic
Formerly a power couple in their native Spain, famous for judging ‘Drag Race’ and making celebrated TV, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi have become the darlings of Hollywood with their time-hopping new movie ‘La Bola Negra’, featuring a dazzling Penélope Cruz. They speak to Adam White about potential Oscar glory, their disinterest in ‘niche’ queer stories, and why their recent break-up won’t stop them from always working together
We talked to the creators of the daring Spanish tape that runs through the halls before its release on Netflix
New Spanish war epic La bola negra is the best gay film of the decade. Here's why
Move over, The Odyssey – gay Spanish war epic La bola negra, helmed by achingly handsome ex-boyfriends and directing duo Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo (judges on Drag Race España), is an Oscar shoo-in. Attitude gets the inside story on the film every man who’s ever loved a man (or struggled to) must see before he dies. “A big gay ancestors' strength was guiding us,” says Calvo
From the Spanish Civil War to the present, "A Bola Negra", by the directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, is a cry against homophobia and is already pointed out as one of the candidates for the Oscars.
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