Not Love, Just Frenzy (1996)

Original title

Más que amor, frenesí

Directed by

David Menkes, Alfonso Albacete, Miguel Bardem

Genre

drama film, comedy film, thriller film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Spain

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

18

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young people in Madrid become entangled in love triangles and a murder mystery when a roommate is killed. Gay characters chase straight men while a lesbian pimp oversees the chaos.

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What happens

Not Love Just Frenzy (or Más que amor, frenesí in Spanish) is a 1996 adventure and drama film, directed by a triumvirate of Alfonso Albacete, Miguel Bardem and David Menkes. They have a collective name of Peliculas Freneticas (Frenetic Films). It is Miguel Bardem's first feature film with Alfonso Albacete, using Carlos Bardem, the cousin of Miguel, in his acting debut. The style of the film is reminiscent of works by Pedro Almodóvar, according to a New York Times review. Más que amor, frenesí brought Bardem, Albacete and Menkes a Goya Award nomination for Best Newcomer Director. The cast also includes many of Spain's top young actors, including early appearances by Penélope Cruz (Vanilla Sky), Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls) and Bibi Andersen (Kika) as a high-class lesbian pimp. It is set in Madrid. The film is similar in plot to Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí released in 1997, with both films having gay characters chasing straight men and murdered flatmates. The film is known due a gay sex scene, early in the plot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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