''Queens'' ( es, Reinas, links=no) is a 2005 film directed by

Manuel Gómez Pereira Manuel Gómez Pereira (born 8 December 1958 in Madrid) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director of comedies. His 1999 film ''Between Your Legs'' was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. He is the nephew of the film dire ...

. The story follows a group of men who will be marrying in Spain's first same-sex wedding ceremony, and their mothers, who will be attending.

Plot

Magda (

Carmen Maura María del Carmen García Maura (born 15 September 1945) is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, she has starred in films such as ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'', ''¡Ay Carmela!'', '' Common Wealth'', and ...

) is the manager of a posh resort hotel in Madrid which will be the site of a mass same-sex marriage ceremony. One of the grooms is Magda's son Miguel (

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), a designer, who will marry his boyfriend Óscar (

Daniel Hendler Daniel Hendler (born 3 January 1976) is a Uruguayan film, television, and theatre actor who works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, where he lives. He is known for his starring roles in films such as '' Bottom of the Sea'', ''Family Law'', '' ...

), son of Ofelia (

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), who is "visiting" from

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with her dog... Nuria (

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), a sex addict, is also on her way to attend the ceremony. Her son Narciso (

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) will be marrying his boyfriend Hugo (

Gustavo Salmerón Gustavo Salmerón García (born August 27, 1970 in Madrid, Spain as Gustavo García Salmerón), is a Spanish actor and writer, known for ''Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle'' (2017), ''Mensaka'' (1998) and '' Asfalto'' (2000). Biography From ...

), whose own parents, Helena (

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) and Hector (

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), are less enthusiastic. Meanwhile, actress Reyes (

Marisa Paredes María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé (born 3 April 1946), known professionally as Marisa Paredes, is a Spanish actress. Biography Paredes began acting in 1960 film, '' 091 Policia al Habla'' (''091, Police Speaking!'') She became a teen idol across ...

) will be attending to watch her son Rafa (

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) marry his boyfriend Jonas ( Hugo Silva), the son of her gardener Jacinto (

Lluís Homar Lluís Homar i Toboso (born 20 April 1957) is a Spanish actor and theater director from Barcelona. He is best known for his roles in Pedro Almodóvar's '' Bad Education'' (2004) and ''Broken Embraces'' (2009), in Emilio Aragón's ''Paper Birds'' ...

Cast

Reception

''Queens'' received mixed reviews from critics.

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gives the film an approval rating of 43% from 30 critics. Andre Soares of Alt Film Guide notes "cheesy commercialism and sentimentality aside, Reinas boasts a couple of first-rate performances" and it "delivers more than a few good laughs". Anthony Mardon of abusdecine.com remarks that the "director has managed to bring together the muses of

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" and "the film enjoys, indeed, irresistible and colorful moments, but the rhythmic, too sawtooth, and some situations vaudevillesques, pulled by the hair, spoil the coherence". Thomas G. Deveny states in his book 'Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema' in 2012, "it has international stars and casts them as immigrants in a world of luxury".Thomas G. Deveny

References

External links

* {{Authority control Films shot in Madrid Spanish LGBT-related films Films directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira 2005 romantic comedy films 2005 films Spanish romantic comedy films 2005 LGBT-related films LGBT-related romantic comedy films 2000s Spanish films 2000s Spanish-language films

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