As part of the QueerCineMad, tonight at 8 pm, the Instituto Francés in Madrid is screening the dramatic film Enzo by Robin Campillo, which sensitively portrays the transition to adulthood, between personal dreams and expectations. Screening in original version subtitled in Spanish. Reservations at this link.
Starring Eloy Pohu, Pierfrancesco Favino and Elodie Bouchez, among others, the film tells of how Enzo, a 16-year-old boy, grows up with his family in an elegant villa in La Ciotat, in southern France. Under the pressure of his father, who wants a prestigious future and higher education for him, he decides to break with this destiny and start training as an apprentice bricklayer. In the works, far from the familiar comfort, he discovers a new world, physical and demanding, but also liberating. There he meets Vlad, a charismatic Ukrainian worker whose presence transforms his way of seeing life. Through this relationship, Enzo confronts his own contradictions and desires, exploring the boundaries between class, identity and freedom.
With an intimate and poetic look, Robin Campillo addresses themes such as youth, desire, sexuality and social difference, composing a poignant portrait about the search for oneself and the possibility of choosing one’s own path, even when that path defies the expectations of others.
The cinema of director Robin Campillo is characterized by its attention to the bodies, the individual and the community, as well as a visual style that balances documentary and poetic. With each work, he reaffirms his ability to capture collective emotions and translate them into a deeply human and committed cinematic language.
The LGBTIAQ+ International Film Festival in Madrid celebrates its 30th edition this year with a new identity: QueerCineMad. The change of name from LesGaiCineMad to QueerCineMad symbolizes the natural evolution of a society, language and gaze. Born in 1996 in a context of struggle and visibility, the festival was one of the first cultural platforms in Spain dedicated to projecting LGBTIQ+ realities on the big screen. Today, three decades later, the term “queer” better embodies the diversity, breadth and freedom that define the collective and the festival itself: a space that has always been able to transform along with society.