The film 'Elisa and Marcela' by Coixet will compete for the Golden Bear at the Berlinale | Culture
The film of the Catalan filmmaker Isabel Coixet Elisa and Marcela will participate in the Official Competition Section at the Berlin Film Festival, which will be held from February 7 to 17 in the German capital, the Netflix platform said in a statement on Thursday.
Written and directed by the Barcelona director, the film will be released worldwide at the Berlinale and will later be available at Netflix. Produced by Roll and Roll, Zenit TV, Lanube Films and TV3 in association with Film Factory, it deals with the first marriage of women in history, celebrated in Dumbría in 1901, of two Galician teachers who, after being discovered, occupied the front pages of newspapers from around the world.
"Go to Berlin to competition with Elisa and Marcela it means a lot to me: it is the culmination of a long-term work, the reward for the effort and perseverance in pushing this project and the opportunity for an international audience to know this unique story in the world, "said Coixet. predicted that the public will fall in love with both characters and the two "formidable actresses" that embody them: Natalia de Molina and Greta Fernández.
