Mad Love (2001)

Original title

Juana la Loca

Directed by

Vicente Aranda

Genre

drama film, biographical film, romance film, historical film

Country

Portugal, Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 77 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A period drama about Queen Joanna of Castile. She is deeply in love with her husband Philip the Handsome, but his unfaithfulness drives her to obsession and despair.

tragicpassionatemelancholicvisually lushslow-burnintensehistoricalemotionally heavy

What happens

Mad Love (Spanish: Juana la Loca; lit. 'Joanna the Mad') is a 2001 period drama film written and directed by Vicente Aranda starring Pilar López de Ayala and Daniele Liotti. The plot follows the tragic fate of Queen Joanna of Castile, madly in love with an unfaithful husband, Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria. It is one of the several adaptations of Manuel Tamayo y Baus' 1855 historic drama The Madness of Love. The film received three Goya awards, in the categories of Best Actress, Best Wardrobe, and Best Makeup and Hair. It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 74th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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