Sobreviviré
I Will Survive movie storyline. Marga is having a streak of bad luck. Through her friendship with Rosa, she tries to regain her self-confidence, but love interests again create conflict. It is while developing a relationship with a handsome gay sculptor ten years her junior: Iñaqui, that she starts to improve. However, Marga and Iñaqui go beyond friendship, but are frustrated by their limitations. Ultimately, the two may have to settle for an “impossible” love relationship, as their unique best road to happiness.
Sobreviviré (English: I Will Survive) is a 1999 comedy-drama romance film directed by Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes, starring Emma Suárez and Juan Diego Botto, playing a straight girl and a gay guy who fall in love. The film and especially the soundtrack was very successful in Spain. Paz Vega has a small role as an airline hostess. Writer and co-script writer Lucía Etxebarría has a cameo as herself in a Chueca café.
I Will Survive – Sobreviviré (1999)
Directed by: Alfonso Albacete, David Menkes
Starring: Emma Suárez, Juan Diego Botto, Rosana Pastor, Mirta Ibarra, Manuel Manquiña, Maite Blasco, Alex Brendemühl, José Manuel Cervino, Adrià Collado
Screenplay by: Alfonso Albacete, Lucía Etxebarría, David Menkes
Production Design by: Wolfgang Burmann
Cinematography by: Gonzalo F. Berridi
Film Editing by: Miguel Ángel Santamaría
Costume Design by: Maiki Marín
Music by: Paco Ortega
Distributed by: Hollywood Independents
Release Date: November 19, 1999
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