
Love Is Strange(2014)
After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.


After breaking up with his partner, 76 year-old Vicente leads life the way he likes it in Maspalomas: he spends his days lying in the sun, partying, and looking for pleasure. An unexpected accident obliges him to return to San Sebastián and to the daughter he abandoned years ago. Vicente will have to live in a retirement home where he finds himself driven back into the closet and to conceal a part of himself that he thought was long resolved. In this new environment, Vicente must ask himself if he has enough time left to make his peace with others… and with himself.

José Ramón Soroiz
Vicente

Nagore Aranburu
Nerea

Kandido Uranga
Xanti

Zorion Eguileor
Ramon

Kepa Errasti
Iñaki
Julian Hackenberg
Dunetako Crusing Gizona

Isaac Dos Santos
Txiringitoko Zerbitzaria

Armani Dvyne
Drag Showgirl
Chris Dell
Gelailuneko Gizona
Alberto Tosco
Arturo
Maspalomas is a drama film released in 2025 exploring themes of lgbt, elderly man, closeted homosexual, gay theme, introspective, elderly lgbt. Directed by Aitor Arregi, it stars José Ramón Soroiz, Nagore Aranburu, Kandido Uranga. After breaking up with his partner, 76 year-old Vicente leads life the way he likes it in Maspalomas: he spends his days lying in the sun, partying, and looking for pleasure. An unexpected accident obliges him to return to San Sebastián and to the daughter he abandoned years ago. Vicente will have to live in a retirement home where he finds himself driven back into the closet and to conceal a part of himself that he thought was long resolved. In this new environment, Vicente must ask himself if he has enough time left to make his peace with others… and with himself.
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