Mad Love

Juana la Loca, feature film, 2001

DIRECTED BY: Vicente Aranda

Mad Love

CAST:
Pilar López de Ayala,
Daniele Liotti,
Rosana Pastor,
Giuliano Gemma

SCRIPT:
Vicente Aranda,
Antonio Larreta (prema drami Manuel Tamayo y Bausa)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Paco Femenia

Synopsis:
This is a biography of the Spanish queen Juana la Loca, who lived at the end of the 14th century. Even though her marriage to the Austrian prince Fernando was agreed upon for political reasons, passion arises between them. After her mother and brother’s death, Juana becomes the Spanish queen. Juana soon becomes desperate because of her husband’s adultery, and her mental health worsens. After a series of political slanders, Juana gets locked up in a convent and declared crazy… In 2002, Pilar López de Ayala won the Spanish film award Goya for her role of Juana la Loca.

color, 115 minuta