Little Ashes

Salvador Dalí; master of the surreal, inventor of the Lobster Phone and bearer of one of the most recognisable moustaches in history. Federico García Lorca; dramatist and poet, emblematic member of (the very-cool-sounding) Generation Of ‘27 and thinly-masked homosexual. Friends? Yes. Lovers? Here’s where it gets controversial…

Luckily British director Paul Morrison wades in with an uncompromising take on a story of love, loss and, above all, the creative influences of three eccentric men – Dali (Robert Pattinson), Lorca (Javier Beltrán) and Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty) – who would go on to become revolutionary artists.
Capturing the pioneering characters art their most innocent and hopeful, this stunningly shot peek into their vivid, but often disturbing (the artists’ own melting clocks and razor-slashed eyeballs wouldn’t look out of place here), world perfectly evokes the creative and political undercurrent of 1920s Madrid.

Wretched and devastating rather than titillating, the pivotal homosexual love affair is beautifully and sensitively handled, resulting in an intense character piece throbbing with innovation and sexual repression.

Kat Halstead

Anticipation:

Three huge characters - the raw ingredients are there.

Enjoyment:

Full of flavour - completely captivated.

In Retrospect:

Intensely satisfied and hungry for more.