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- Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas were two real women who, according to a BBC report, got legally married in Spain in 1901—more than a century before same-sex marriage was legal in the country. (It became legal in 2005, a notable ten years before it became legal in the United States.)
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Jun 6, 2019 · IS ELISA & MARCELA BASED ON A TRUE STORY? It is! Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas were two real women who, according to a BBC report, got legally married in Spain in...
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Starring Natalia de Molina and Greta Fernández, the plot concerns the story of Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, two women who posed as a heterosexual couple in order to marry in 1901 at Church of Saint George in A Coruña, becoming the first same-sex matrimony recorded in Spain.
A forbidden love story, based on true events. In 1901, set in Galicia, Spain, Elisa Sánchez Loriga adopted a male identity to marry another woman, Marcela Gracia Ibeas, making this the first...
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Sep 27, 2018 · The drama follows the real-life lesbian relationship between Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas in late 19th century Spain.
Mar 13, 2021 · Isabel Coixet’s biographical drama Elisa & Marcela (2019) is both heart-wrenching and sweet, telling the real-life story of Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, two women...
Elisa & Marcela: Directed by Isabel Coixet. With Natalia de Molina, Greta Fernández, Sara Casasnovas, Tamar Novas. In 1901, Elisa Sanchez Loriga took on the identity of Mario Sánchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, Marcela Gracia Ibeas.