Mad Love (2009 film)


Mad Love is a 2009 drama film directed and written by. It stars Irene Visedo and Eduard Fernández.

Plot

The plot follows the story of a room attendant at the Prado Museum who becomes infatuated with a visitor, whom she identifies as being the character represented along her in a 17th-century Flemish painting exhibited at the museum. Enrique, a psychiatrist, decides to turn Julia into his patient.

Production

The film is a Nix Films AIE, Ángel Durández Adeva, Nada Music, Iroko Films and Quiéreme Producciones production.

Release

The film was presented at the 12th Málaga Film Festival in April 2009. It was released theatrically in Spain on 19 February 2010.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety assessed that, in the film, "a preposterous premise is skillfully crafted into enjoyable, stately romance".
Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, lamenting "a priori interesting" idea/film "that ends up lost between psychoanalysis sessions and scientific explanations about post-traumatic trauma".