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* MsFanservice: Carmen is very beautiful, tending to wear outfits that [[BareYourMidriff show her bare stomach]], often have deep necklines and favors shorts while not in a dress.

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* MsFanservice: Carmen is very beautiful, tending to wear outfits that [[BareYourMidriff show her bare stomach]], stomach, often have deep necklines and favors shorts while not in a dress.
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* BareYourMidriff: Carmen often wears tops which show her taut stomach.
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* CharacterTitle: It's named after the main duo.


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* ProtagonistTitle: The title is the names of the film's protagonists.
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* ForbiddenLove: The title characters are from a traditional Roma community who follow Evangelical Christianity. Given this, same-sex relationship are taboo, so they keep theirs a secret. Carmen also has a fiancé at the start.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: The title characters are outed to their families after Lola's neighbor sees them kissing together, then love letters they exchange are discovered too.

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* ForbiddenLove: The title characters are from a traditional Roma community who follow Evangelical Christianity. Given this, same-sex relationship relationships are taboo, so they keep theirs a secret. Carmen also has a fiancé at the start.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: The title characters are outed to their families after Lola's neighbor sees them kissing together, then love letters they exchange exchanged are discovered too.



* IntimateArtistry: Carmen lets Lola sketch her nude while they're in bed together, showing just how open now their romantic feelings for each other have grown.

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* IntimateArtistry: Carmen lets Lola sketch her nude while they're in bed together, showing just how open she is now that their romantic feelings for each other have grown.
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* MsFanservice: Carmen is very beautiful, tending to wear outfits that [[BareYourMidriff show her bare stomach]], often have deep necklines and favors [[WhoWearsShortShorts shorts]] while not in a dress.

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* MsFanservice: Carmen is very beautiful, tending to wear outfits that [[BareYourMidriff show her bare stomach]], often have deep necklines and favors [[WhoWearsShortShorts shorts]] shorts while not in a dress.
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* QueerRomance: The whole plot centers on the title characters' falling in love and the travails which they face for doing so.
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[[caption-width-right:199:Left to right: Carmen and Lola]]
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* StayInTheKitchen: The Spanish Roma have a very traditional patriarchy where women mostly spend their time raising children and caring for the home. Lola hates this idea (although her being a lesbian also gives her even more reason to reject it).

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* StayInTheKitchen: The Spanish Roma have a very traditional patriarchy where women mostly spend their time raising children and caring for the home. Lola hates this idea (although her being a lesbian also gives her even more reason to reject it). She wants to attend a university, as a budding artist.
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* ForbiddenLove: The title characters are from a traditional Roma community who follow Evangelical Christianity. Given this, same-sex relationship are taboo, so they keep theirs a secret. Carmen also has a fiancé at the start.

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* ForbiddenLove: The title characters are from a traditional Roma community who follow Evangelical Christianity. Given this, same-sex relationship are taboo, so they keep theirs a secret. Carmen also has a fiancé at the start.



* IhaveNoSon: Lola's father angrily declares she's no longer his daughter publicly after learning about her dating Carmen and being a lesbian.

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* IhaveNoSon: IHaveNoSon: Lola's father angrily declares she's no longer his daughter publicly after learning about her dating Carmen and being a lesbian.



* SweetieGraffiti: Lola, a street artist, spray paints hearts along with Carmen's name on walls around town to show her desire for Carmen. She leaves herself anonymous as the source though, given the homophobia in the Roma community, so people think Carmen's fiancé did it at first.

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* SweetieGraffiti: Lola, a street artist, spray paints hearts along with Carmen's name on walls around town to show her desire for Carmen. She leaves herself anonymous as the source though, given the homophobia in the Roma community, so people think Carmen's fiancé did it at first.
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* ForbiddenLove: The title characters are from a traditional Roma community who follow Evangelical Christianity. Given this, same-sex relationship are taboo, so they keep theirs a secret. Carmen also has a fiancé as they start it.

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* ForbiddenLove: The title characters are from a traditional Roma community who follow Evangelical Christianity. Given this, same-sex relationship are taboo, so they keep theirs a secret. Carmen also has a fiancé as they start it.at the start.



* SweetieGraffiti: Lola, a street artist, spray paints hearts along with Carmen's name on walls around town to show her desire for Carmen. She leaves herself anonymous as the source though, given the homophobia in the Roma community, so people think Carmen's fiancé did it at first.

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* SweetieGraffiti: Lola, a street artist, spray paints hearts along with Carmen's name on walls around town to show her desire for Carmen. She leaves herself anonymous as the source though, given the homophobia in the Roma community, so people think Carmen's fiancé did it at first.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: On realizing that Lola finds her attractive, Carmen angrily calls her a dyke and says lesbians disgust her. Her initial hostility quickly becomes curiosity though, and before long they're a couple.

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* ArmouredClosetGay: On realizing that Lola finds her attractive, Carmen angrily calls her a dyke and says that lesbians disgust her. Her initial hostility quickly becomes curiosity though, and before long they're a couple.



* ForbiddenLove: The title characters are from a traditional Roma community who follow Evangelical Christianity. Given this, same-sex relationship are taboo, so they keep theirs a secret. Carmen also has a fiancé as they start it.

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* ForbiddenLove: The title characters are from a traditional Roma community who follow Evangelical Christianity. Given this, same-sex relationship are taboo, so they keep theirs a secret. Carmen also has a fiancé as they start it.



* SweetieGraffiti: Lola, a street artist, spray paints hearts along with Carmen's name on walls around town to show her desire for Carmen. She leaves herself anonymous as the source though, given the homophobia in the Roma community, so people think Carmen's fiancé did it at first.

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* SweetieGraffiti: Lola, a street artist, spray paints hearts along with Carmen's name on walls around town to show her desire for Carmen. She leaves herself anonymous as the source though, given the homophobia in the Roma community, so people think Carmen's fiancé did it at first.
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In the Roma community of Madrid's suburbs, closeted lesbian Lola is dreading an intended life being a wife and mother which her family will expect from her. She wishes instead to attend a university, and draws street art of birds around the area. Carmen is engaged to Lola's cousin, and when they meet, Lola finds her attractive instantly. At first hostile on learning of what Lola's feelings for her really are, Carmen begins a clandestine relationship with her. They keep this a secret though, knowing it is taboo in the community.

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* ArmouredClosetGay: On realizing that Lola finds her attractive, Carmen angrily calls her a dyke and says lesbians disgust her. Her initial hostility quickly becomes curiosity though, and before long they're a couple.
* ArrangedMarriage: Both the title characters are facing these, as its the custom in the Roma community. However, they have the final word on whether to accept a match or not.
* BareYourMidriff: Carmen often wears tops which show her taut stomach.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:After being forcibly outed, Lola gets disowned. She runs off with her lover Carmen though, and it seems they will build a life together elsewhere. The last scene is of them visiting the beach together, like Lola dreamed they would.]]
* CureYourGays: After he learns Lola is involved with Carmen, her father drags her to church and prays with the pastor to have God "heal" her of the "unnatural sickness" she has. It doesn't work, of course.
* ForbiddenLove: The title characters are from a traditional Roma community who follow Evangelical Christianity. Given this, same-sex relationship are taboo, so they keep theirs a secret. Carmen also has a fiancé as they start it.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: The title characters are outed to their families after Lola's neighbor sees them kissing together, then love letters they exchange are discovered too.
* GossipyHens: After Lola's neighbor Maria finds out she is with Carmen, she quickly spreads the news all over their neighborhood.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: In the Roma community around Madrid, homophobia is the norm from what's seen. The title characters are thus treated with deep hostility for having a relationship, and Lola gets disowned for it.
* HoldingHands: The title characters do a lot of this when they're growing closer, which seems to be fairly common among Roma girls so it doesn't by itself tell people the pair are falling in love.
* IhaveNoSon: Lola's father angrily declares she's no longer his daughter publicly after learning about her dating Carmen and being a lesbian.
* IntimateArtistry: Carmen lets Lola sketch her nude while they're in bed together, showing just how open now their romantic feelings for each other have grown.
* IWantGrandkids: This is one of Lola's mother's laments after learning she's a lesbian, saying her duty is to bring her parents grandchildren.
* LipstickLesbian: Both the title characters are feminine young women, especially Carmen, who both have long hair. They enjoy makeup, fashionable clothing and jewelry. They get into a relationship. However, Carmen seems to be more a lipstick bisexual, since she was already happily engaged with a man at first. Lola on the other hand only shows attraction to women.
* LongingLook: On first seeing Carmen, Lola gives her an intense, lingering look which shows her instant attraction.
* LoveConfession: Toward the end of the film the title characters write passionate letters to each other confessing their love.
* MsFanservice: Carmen is very beautiful, tending to wear outfits that [[BareYourMidriff show her bare stomach]], often have deep necklines and favors [[WhoWearsShortShorts shorts]] while not in a dress.
* SecretlyGayActivity: The title characters' relationships starts out appearing like just a [[PseudoRomanticFriendship very affectionate friendship]] to other people (which does not seem uncommon for Roma girls), with them spending a ton of time together as they hold hands, while having private kissing sessions while they slowly fall in love.
* SecretRelationship: The title characters carefully pretend they're simply [[PseudoRomanticFriendship very close, intimate friends]] as a result of the homophobia in the Roma community.
* StayInTheKitchen: The Spanish Roma have a very traditional patriarchy where women mostly spend their time raising children and caring for the home. Lola hates this idea (although her being a lesbian also gives her even more reason to reject it).
* SweetieGraffiti: Lola, a street artist, spray paints hearts along with Carmen's name on walls around town to show her desire for Carmen. She leaves herself anonymous as the source though, given the homophobia in the Roma community, so people think Carmen's fiancé did it at first.

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