The lesbian pioneers who fooled Spain's Catholic Church

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel a solid read/share.

Ms Mujika Flores says that the legal equality the gay community enjoys in Spain is extremely important to prevent the "pain of being a non-person" - as was surely experienced by Elisa and Marcela.

"But a law doesn't automatically flick a society's switch.

"There are still people who keep their sexuality secret, and others who marry, for example, but feel they cannot take the statutory leave from work due to embarrassment or a fear of being fired."

Coixet agrees that her subject matter is unusual, although she says her intentions are not political.

"It's true that there are very few stories about women in love. But this is not a manifesto.

"For me it's natural to write stories about women; then producers keep asking why.

"They never ask a male director why they want to make a film about Dunkirk. But I was asked, 'Why do you want to make a film about two women who got married in Galicia in 1901?'

"Come on, that's heroic, man!"

Interesting.