Álvaro Retana. Salir del armario de la historia(2025)

Álvaro Retana. Salir del armario de la historia Synopsis

A documentary about the erotic writer, costume designer, theater decorator, and composer of several very popular cuplés. It is part of RTVE’s special programming for Pride 2025 and pays tribute to one of the pioneers in advocating for sexual diversity. Álvaro Retana’s family has opened their personal archive to recover the figure of their grandfather, a creator as essential as he is currently unknown. In addition, extensive research was conducted in the files of numerous archives and museums. All this work brings to the present a world of color, freedom, revolutionary frivolity, and compulsive creativity, which he left behind in a legacy of over a hundred novels, more than 1,000 cuplés (perhaps the most well-known being Las tardes del Ritz, Ven y ven, La pulga...), hundreds of costume designs, drawings, and more.

Álvaro Retana. Salir del armario de la historia (2025) is a film directed by Jesús Generelo, released on June 29, 2025 with a runtime of 1h. It stars Rodrigo Cuevas, La Bella Vampi, Julia de Castro and Lilián de Celis. Viewers rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 2 ratings.