Elope in Seville
The civil ceremony at the church door of the Convento de la Luz, seen from behind the guests along the aisle
Juan and May walk out of the ceremony down the aisle between their guests, between two arches of flowers at the church door of the Convento de la Luz1
The pediment and sign of the Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville, with a palm trunk and olive branches in the foreground2
May, in a white satin robe, holds her bouquet of anemones while a woman in a plum robe stands beside her, getting ready3
Juan and May sit side by side in front of a tall arch of cream and peach roses, laughing4
Juan smiles, waiting at the church door of the Convento de la Luz, a floral arch behind him5
Juan and May at the church door, between two columns of flowers, she holding her bouquet and he a glass6
Juan greets a guest in traditional Saudi dress, a black bisht over a white thobe and a red-checked ghutra, among the smiling guests7
The civil ceremony at the church door of the Convento de la Luz, seen from behind the guests along the aisle8
Juan and May in the desert at AlUla, Saudi Arabia, her cape lifted by the wind, a mirrored building and sandstone cliffs behind them9
The nave of the Convento de la Luz laid for dinner, long tables under crystal chandeliers, the couple small at the far end10
Juan and May cheek to cheek at their table, white candles and peach flowers around them11
A woman in black pours Arabic coffee from a silver pot under the trees, a guest beside her12
May spins in a white arcaded corridor of the convent, her skirt flying, Juan walking behind her13
Juan and May dance down the middle of the nave, between the long tables, their guests clapping around them14
May, with a flower in her hair, and Juan dance close, laughing, at night15

Credits

Frame by frame

Every frame is from the wedding film by Gearmedia, in collaboration with Cupido debe morir. These are the people who were in each of them.

01 Leaving the ceremony between their guests, the arches of flowers behind them.

02 The sign of the Hotel Alfonso XIII, in Seville.

  • Getting ready Hotel Alfonso XIII

03 May with her bouquet of anemones, getting ready.

07 A greeting in traditional Saudi dress.

09 AlUla, in Saudi Arabia, where we had filmed their elopement.

12 Arabic coffee poured under the trees.

15 Dancing close, at night.