There is a moment, early in “Maspalomas,” when the camera tracks behind Vicente as he moves through the dunes of Gran Canaria, a 76-year-old man at home in a landscape of sun, sand and unembarrassed desire. Then a stroke, a daughter, a nursing home, and the man who spent decades fighting to live openly quietly […]
Goya Winner ‘Maspalomas’ Probes the Return to the Closet in Later Life
There is a moment, early in “Maspalomas,” when the camera tracks behind Vicente as he moves through the dunes of Gran Canaria, a 76-year-old man at home in a landscape of sun, sand and unembarrassed desire. Then a stroke, a…
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