*Girlfriends and Girlfriends* is a sweet, introspective lesbian rom-com set in the independent art scene in Barcelona. It follows the messy, magnetic, and humorously interwoven love lives of queer women as they deal with friendship, film, and heartbreak.
Zaida, a young filmmaker still licking her wounds from a breakup, drifts through Barcelona’s lesbian dating scene while attempting to finish her script. Over the course of three weeks, she crosses paths with Lara – her ex’s new girlfriend – and the two form an undeniable connection. As their story unfolds between cinema screenings and late-night conversations, it mirrors the Rohmer films they watch together: The Green Ray, A Good Marriage, and My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend.
Surrounded by her tightly knit queer community, Zaida becomes the center of an ever-evolving circle of entanglements, friendship, and artistic struggle. Books by female creators, vintage posters of screen icons, and late-night bar conversations shape a warm, female-centered world where love stories bloom and implode in poetic rhythm.
Girlfriends and Girlfriends Cast
Charactor
Aspiring filmmaker, insecure storyteller, and the heart of the chaos.
Cate Blanchett
Zaida Carmona not only plays herself but also directed and co-wrote the film. Her performance blurs fiction and autobiography, infusing every scene with real-world awkwardness and charm. A standout voice in Spain’s queer indie cinema.
Zaida’s unexpected love interest — quiet, observant, and the kind of girl you can talk cinema and heartbreak with all night.
Lilith Grasmug
Alba Cros, also known for co-directing the sapphic docu-drama Les amigues de l’Àgata, delivers a delicate performance that balances calm with underlying emotional turbulence.
Director
Carmona
Carmona is part of Barcelona’s contemporary queer filmmaking wave. With La amiga de mi amiga, she presents a highly personal, autofictional work that reflects both her cinephilia and her lived experience within the city’s lesbian community. Her style is light yet emotionally precise — think Eric Rohmer with a queer, millennial twist.
BEST SCENES
The Green Ray Kiss — Zaida and Lara hold back their feelings until the exact moment Rohmer’s The Green Ray ends, waiting for the “green flash” to kiss. Cinema meets romance in perfect synergy.
She Loves Her Who Loves Her montage — a dizzying, brilliant visual of the film’s entangled lesbian relationships.
Bookstore Rant — Zaida furiously vents to friends in a feminist bookshop about how she’s “done” with lesbian drama, only to fall again the next scene.
Girlfriends and Girlfriends Review
Review
⭐ Story – 4/5
Witty, cinephilic, and unabashedly chaotic — the film embraces the quirks of queer life without trauma or coming-out arcs. Instead, it leans into emotional messiness, rapid romantic turnover, and the eternal search for artistic clarity. The pacing of desire is perfectly illustrated through one Rohmer-inspired kiss scene — a long wait under “The Green Ray” — that encapsulates the film’s ethos: subtle, observant, deeply personal.
⭐ Acting – 4/5
Zaida Carmona (who also directs) brings a relaxed charm to her role. The performances feel authentic, improvisational, and rooted in real queer experience, especially among the ensemble of friends and lovers who float in and out of each other’s lives like tides.
⭐ Chemistry – 4/5
Whether it’s the awkward flirting in bars or confessional talks on rooftops, the film thrives on its deeply lived-in chemistry. The “she loves her who loves her who loves her…” editing sequence — a fast, messy loop of sapphic connections — brilliantly conveys lesbian dating chaos in one breathless montage.
⭐ Production – 3.5/5
Shot in a playful, almost DIY style, the film blends handheld intimacy with a touch of poetic framing. Barcelona’s queer spaces are lovingly rendered, and the film’s cinephile elements — from subtle lighting cues to visual homages — enrich the narrative world.
⭐ Ending – 4/5
The story resolves with a warm, open-ended vibe — not tied up with a bow, but leaving viewers with the feeling that new beginnings are always waiting around the corner. It’s a quiet celebration of the resilience and recyclability of queer love.
💬 My Take
Watching this felt like eavesdropping on your cool lesbian friends at a queer café in Gràcia. The film is low-key and unpretentious, messy yet warm. I did feel the privilege of whiteness and class safety nets in how lightly the film handles queer existence — no identity crises, just art shows and house parties. Still, it’s refreshing to see a lesbian movie that lets joy be messy.
The late-night cinema kisses. The chaotic love webs. The “Rohmer girl” energy. Honestly, it made me want to fall in love at the movies again.