Forbidden love. Epic stakes. A volcano of creative ideas in full eruption. Can Spain’s gay gamechanger steal the Best Picture Oscar from "The Odyssey?" In a better world, hell yeah! It gets inside your head and just owns you.

The movie is about how history can be not only a cycle but an evolution, moving us toward a better understanding of ourselves and each other.

[González]'s performance has a magnetism that makes the story’s improbable circumstances feel real and alive.

Its exploration of queer love is beautiful and moving throughout the movie, especially thanks to the film’s connection to García Lorca’s lost poem, making it stand out from other war films set at the same time.