Spanish directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi delved into the generational trauma behind award-winning film La Bola Negra at Deadline’s Contenders London.
The feature – revolving around the interconnected stories of three gay men in 1932, 1937 and 2017 – took its cue from Alberto Conejero’s 2013 play La piedra oscura, which in turn was inspired by García Lorca’s unfinished play La Bola Negra.
At the heart of the La piedra oscura is the love story between real-life football player Rafael Rodríguez Rapún and Lorca during the Spanish Civil War. The work is spun into another story in the
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