Libertarias 1996  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vicente Aranda
Cast: Ariadna Gil, Victoria Abril, Ana Belen, Blanca Apilanez, Laura Mana, Loles Leon, Jorge Sanz, Jose Sancho, Joan Crosas, Antonio Decent, Miguel Bose, Francisco Maestre
A Catholic Nun, Maria (Ariadna Gil), is forced out of her convent when it is attacked early in the Spanish Civil War (1936). She eventually joins an activist women's group who fight–including on the front lines of the war–for women's rights. This is the story of that war as seen through these women's eyes.
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Mad Love 2001 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vicente Aranda
Cast: Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma, Roberto Alyarez, Manuela Arcuri, Eloy Azorin, Guillermo Toledo, Susi Sanchez, Carolina Bona
The journey into her world of madness is the theme of this story, set in the years before and after 1504 when Juana (Pilar Lopez de Ayala) became Queen of Spain. When pressures–which include unfaithful husband Felipe el Hermoso (Daniele Liotti)–proved too difficult, Felipe took advantage of the situation and conspired to have Juana declared insane.
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| 1. Libertarias (1996)
2. Mad Love (2001)
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