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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 same...
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In 1901 Spain, Elisa Sánchez Loriga adopts a male identity in order to marry the woman she loves, Marcela Gracia Ibeas. Based on true events. Watch trailers & learn more.
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Jun 6, 2019 · Elisa and Marcela on Netflix is based on the true story of Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, the first same-sex marriage in Spain.
- Anna Menta
ELISA & MARCELA (Natalia de Molina and Greta Fernandez) were two provincial Spanish women who met as girls at a convent school and immediately fell in love. Like most women of the time, their lives were controlled by men.
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Learn about the first same-sex marriage in Spain in 1901, based on a true story. Elisa and Marcela disguise themselves as a man and a woman to marry and face social pressure and gossip.