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Amantes forms - with Intruso (1993) and Celos (1999) - a trilogy of films about love as uncontrollable passion that ends tragically. These three films, directed by Aranda, are loosely based on real crime stories.
Lovers: A True Story: Directed by Vicente Aranda. With Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú, Enrique Cerro. 1950s Madrid: After military service, Paco looks for work to save up and marry his fiancée.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Vicente Aranda
- 1991-04-12
Feb 23, 1991 · Lovers (Spanish: Amantes) is a 1991 Spanish film noir written and directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz and Maribel Verdú. The film brought Aranda to widespread attention in the English-speaking world.
- Vicente Aranda
Aug 21, 2018 · Vicente Aranda’s shocking Amantes (Lovers: A True Story) – itself based on a shocking crime that occurred in Madrid in 1950 – retains its vitality and power more than 25 years later.
Lovers: A True Story ★★★ Amantes 1990 (R) Erotic love triangle in 1950s Madrid, while Spain is under the suffocating dictatorship of Franco. Naive, young Paco has a virginal, hardworking fiancee named Trini.
Jun 29, 2023 · Based on a true crime, Aranda sets the film in 1950s Francoist Spain, where repression, political and personal, is the order of the day. For her role as Luisa, the diabolical femme fatale at the center of Amantes, Victoria Abril would win a Golden Bear award for Best Actress in Berlin.
Aug 5, 2019 · A steamy melodrama based on a true story that’s set during Franco’s Spain in the 1950s. This story starts out as a funny and erotically Madrid based version of Last Tango in Paris before changing directions to noir territory and tragedy (becoming like a “Carmen” without music or humor).
