| | |  | SPAIN | Home » » Mad Love (2001) | | | | | | | Description: | | Princess Joan is to marry Monarch Phillip but political destiny has other plans for them. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma, Roberto Álvarez | | Director:
| Vicente Aranda | | Format:
| Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| Spanish | | Subtitle:
| English, French | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Run Time:
| 115 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| January 21, 2003 | | Average Customer Rating:
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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Walking The Fine Line Between Love And ObsessionDec 10, 2005
By Brian E. Erland
"Rainbow Sphinx"
Note: Castillian Spanish with English and French subtitles.
Based on historical accounts, director Vincent Aranda has created a lavish, sumptuous film set in 16th century Flandes, Spain. Princess Juana de Castilla (Pilar Lopez de Ayala) as come to fulfill her aristocratic obligation in an arranged marriage with Archduke Felipe of Austria (Daniele Liotti).
What begins as a great romance quickly degenerates into a very sad and depressing tale of infidelity on the part of Felipe and obsessive compulsive paranoia displayed by the frantic Juana. Juana's obsession with her husbands affairs escalate behaviors that are soon the main subject of gossip for the aristocracy and the labeling of the desperate Juana as "Joan the Mad."
When Juana's Mother and older brothers' die unexpectedly she now becomes heir to the throne of Spain. Will she reign as Queen, or will Felipe succeed in having her proclaimed mad by the Spanish court and put away?
Fine performances all around by this all Spanish cast, especially by the two main characters; Pilar Lopez de Ayala and Daniele Liotti. Also in a small but memorable role is the seductive beauty Manuela Arcuri as the Moorish princess Aixa-Beatriz.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Brilliant DramaMar 10, 2004
RECOMMENDED for anyone who enjoys a well-directed, historical film. Aranda fills this film with accurate details and with an interesting contemporary and feminist twist. His interest in forlorn love is at its best here, utilizing one of the lesser-known, but significant personages (among those in the U.S.,) as a tour-de-force vehicle into the narrow-minded, fickle, and antiquated Spanish 15-th century concept of women.
Though Aranda is notorious for explicit sexual portrayals, the ones in this film are not excessive nor senseless. Everything seems to have its place, and is quite believeable. FIVE STARS!!!
13 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 An Incrediable GemFeb 20, 2003
I rented this film with two friends on a whim, for lack of anything better looking at Blockbuster. As soon as the opening shot panned out we were hooked. The plot was stunning, the costumes rich and beautiful. The cinematography was excellent and the cast could not be beat. This was not a movie where sex was thrown in to hook some otherwise uninterested viewers, it was necessary to the plot and was handled appropriatly. Enough steam was in the sex to display the passion but it was tasteful and honest and the characteres remained themselves in the sack. Overall this movie was gorgeous and stunning, and it isn't often I tell all my friends about how great a film was. I've told everyone about Mad Love since I saw it a week ago.
19 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 Historic bodie ripper that becomes kind of boringAug 15, 2004
By Ivy Lin
Juana La Loca and her obsessive love for her husband Price Phillip is one of history's more fascinating chapters. Juana apparently refused to be separated from her husband's dead body. She was eventually imprisoned as mad, although it's unclear whether she was simply extremely passionate (...), somewhat neurotic, or actually truly mentally ill.
Director Vincente Aranda opts for the first theory. Juana (Pilar Lopez de Ayala) is tremulous and doe-eyed -- when she meets her fiance Prince Philip (Daniele Lioti) the two are so overcome with passion they demand to be married on the spot. Philip then carries Juana off to the bedroom, and from then on (according to the movie) Juana is a slave to her rakish husband. She wants to have sex constantly. Of course Philip's a jerk, and loses interest, and Juana goes mad.
There is really only one way to make a kind of movie like this, and that's as an unabashedly enjoyable bodice ripper. The dvd headliners seem to play up this aspect: "Sex so hot the ladies in waiting eavesdrop!" Unfortunately, Aranda is actually quite prudish. He seems to think that this movie is really an impassioned feminist film about how passionate women are punished. Perhaps for this reason, we never actually see Juana and Philip have sex. Thus, Juana's sexual obsession is less palpable for the viewer. The movie also pays some lip service to the political machinations surrounding Juana. Ultimatley, Mad Love loses steam. Part of the problem is the casting of Lioti -- he looks like Fabio, but really cant act. And Philip is such a murkily written character -- is he simply a cad? A Machiavellian monarch? Like many historical dramas the movie is shot in long, uninterrupted takes and a rather still camera. It is never sunny, and no one ever smiles it seems.
It's not bad for a film to play fast and loose with history. Juana la Loca's story is ambiguous enough that it can afford some modern revisionism. But for a film that wants to be a bodice ripper, a compelling costume drama, and a feminist statement, ultimately the movie ends up being none of these things. A disappointment.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
a many splendored thingJul 11, 2004
By WolfInTheBox
Juana De Loca, or Mad Love, is one of those movies that you end up watching and become released into and willingly lost in. this is how powerfull movies all are. this movie has so much passion in it i could not help but come to BECOME TOUCHED myself, brought to passions mighty edge. this movie is very captivating its too easy to fall in love with the look of the characters alone, let alone the beautifull sets, and scenery. this is to say nothing about the Acting, because it was flawless! every character worked perfect, you forget your watching a movie. you know those movies where the actors cannot carry the part or even worse arent right for a part and cannot even act? this is not one of those movies!it was majestic, inspiring and brimming with beauty. so much passion, if i could use one word to describe it, would have to be passionate.. but then i would go on and change my mind again later,then back again driven, just as this film has the ability to move the viewer backwards and forwards towards all its parts of perfection in every detail - never to be forgotten. 5 stars PERIOD
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