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2009 Spanish film
Mad Love
SpanishAmores locos
Directed byBeda Docampo Feijóo
Written byBeda Docampo Feijóo
Starring
CinematographyJuanmi Azpiroz
Edited byIrene Blecua
Music byJuan Bardem
Production
companies
  • Nix Films AIE
  • Ángel Durández Adeva
  • Nada Music
  • Iroko Films
  • Quiéreme Producciones
Distributed byWanda Visión
Release dates
  • 20 March 2009 (2009-03-20) (Málaga)
  • 19 February 2010 (2010-02-19) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Mad Love (Spanish: Amores locos) is a 2009 drama film directed and written by Beda Docampo Feijóo [es]. It stars Irene Visedo and Eduard Fernández.

Plot

The plot follows the story of a room attendant at the Prado Museum (Julia) who becomes infatuated with a visitor (Enrique), whom she identifies as being the character represented along her in a 17th-century Flemish painting exhibited at the museum. Enrique, a psychiatrist, decides to turn Julia into his patient.

Cast

Production

The film is a Nix Films AIE, Ángel Durández Adeva, Nada Music, Iroko Films and Quiéreme Producciones production.

Release

The film was presented at the 12th Málaga Film Festival in April 2009. It was released theatrically in Spain on 19 February 2010.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that, in the film, "a preposterous premise is skillfully crafted into enjoyable, stately romance".

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, lamenting "a priori interesting" idea/film "that ends up lost between psychoanalysis sessions and scientific explanations about post-traumatic trauma".

See also

References

  1. "Amores locos". Fotogramas. 16 April 2009.
  2. "Los 'Amores locos' de Irene Visedo y Eduard Fernández". Europa Press. 18 February 2010.
  3. ^ Holland, Jonathan (28 April 2009). "Mad Love". Variety.
  4. "Amores locos". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. "Beda Docampo Feijóo lleva al Festival de Málaga su película 'Amores locos'". Prensa Ibérica. 21 April 2009.
  6. "La búsqueda de las ganas de vivir de 'Amores locos', en el Festival de Málaga". rtve.es. 21 April 2009.
  7. ^ Crespo, Irene (19 February 2010). "Amores locos". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
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