Produced by Ryan Murphy, Chris Bolan's heart-clutching Netflix documentary looks back on a lesbian couple's storied 70-year romance.
By Guy Lodge Film Critic Few pop hits of the 1950s were more expressly queer-coded than Doris Day’s Oscar-winning chart-topper “Secret Love.” “At last my heart’s an open door/And my secret love’s no secret anymore,” she trilled, putting a wholesomely straight face on a succinct ode to the cathartic joys of exiting the closet.
The song billows wistfully through the opening credits of Chris Bolan’s documentary “A Secret Love,” an adoring portrait of a lesbian partnership entering its twilight years, and it’s an apt choice.
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