"The things of love". Directed by Jaime Chávarri. Seven Nominations in the Goya Awards 1990.
"The things of love". Directed by Jaime Chávarri. Seven Nominations in the Goya Awards 1990.Jaime Chávarri (Director).Ángela Molina (Pepita).Manuel Bandera (Mario).Juan Gea (El Marqués).Amparo Baró (Balbina).María Barranco (Nena Colman). Nominated for Best Supporting Actress.Ángel de Andrés López (Juan).The film draws inspiration from the early musical steps of the artist from Malaga and the reasons that led him to go into exile in Argentina.Nominated for Best Costume Design.Nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.Ángela Molina was able to develop her musical skills and pay homage to her father, Antonio Molina. Nominated best actress in the Goya Awards.Nominated for Best Art Direction.Mario, a homosexual singer, his friend Juan, a pianist, and his girlfriend Pepita, also a singer, set up a musical group that is successful.Nominated in the Goya Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Music.The film is set in the hard years of the Spanish postwar period.Mario is blacklisted for being a republican (red) and a homosexual.Frame.The problems start when Mario is harassed by a marquis.The aristocracy won´t forgive that sort of "offense" and launches an attack on Mario for being a homosexual.An attractive mixture between a Spanish-like musical and a melodrama.Frame.Frame.