Mad Love | |
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Spanish | Amores locos |
Directed by | Beda Docampo Feijóo |
Written by | Beda Docampo Feijóo |
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Cinematography | Juanmi Azpiroz |
Edited by | Irene Blecua |
Music by | Juan Bardem |
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Distributed by | Wanda Visión |
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Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
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
- Eduard Fernández as Enrique
- Irene Visedo as Julia
- Carlos Hipólito as Alfonso
- Marisa Paredes as Ana
- Cuca Escribano [es] as Irene
- Marta Belaustegui [es] as Susana
- Eva Pallarés [es] as Eszter
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
- "Amores locos". Fotogramas. 16 April 2009.
- "Los 'Amores locos' de Irene Visedo y Eduard Fernández". Europa Press. 18 February 2010.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (28 April 2009). "Mad Love". Variety.
- "Amores locos". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- "Beda Docampo Feijóo lleva al Festival de Málaga su película 'Amores locos'". Prensa Ibérica. 21 April 2009.
- "La búsqueda de las ganas de vivir de 'Amores locos', en el Festival de Málaga". rtve.es. 21 April 2009.
- ^ Crespo, Irene (19 February 2010). "Amores locos". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.