Amor perjudica seriamente la salud, El (1996)

Director:

Manuel Gómez Pereira

Writers:

Yolanda García Serrano (writer)
Manuel Gómez Pereira (writer)

Release Date:

10 January 1997 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Two young people meet in the 60's as a result of their devotion to John Lennon, and have a recurring...

Plot Keywords:

John Lennon | 1960s | Rock Music | Told In Flashback | Screwball

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Ana Belén	...	Diana
Juanjo Puigcorbé	...	Santi
Gabino Diego	...	Santi
Penélope Cruz	...	Diana
Carles Sans	...	Vittorio Raimondi
Lola Herrera	...	María Luisa
Laura Conejero	...	Mari Jose
Luis Fernando Alvés	...	Gonzalo
Miguel Palenzuela	...	José
Jaime Ruiz Peñas	...	Gemelo 1
Víctor Ruiz Peñas	...	Gemelo 2
Santi Millán	...	Secretario 1 (as Santiago Millán)
José Corbacho	...	Secretario 2 (as José Corbacho Nieto)
José Antonio Navarro	...	Empleado Seguridad (as José A. Navarro)
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón	...	Modelo

Also Known As:

Amour nuit gravement à la santé, L' (France)
Camas (Spain) (working title)
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Love Causes Serious Harm to Your Health

Runtime:

Spain:117 min

Country:

Spain | France

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | France:U | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Bocaboca Producciones

Soundtrack:

Othello

Interesting, funny, boring and overlong

Just a week ago I was have this conversation with a friend; she said she wanted to find a man who would marry her and would agree both of them to live in separate places, with their own personal lives. They would be together only when they felt like it. That's the relationship that works, in her opinion; in mine, that's choosing the easy way.

The premise of the movie is very interesting, even though reminiscent of Forrest Gump. The movie itself raises a lot of questions about love, lust, relationships, marriage and ultimately, about sharing a life and the evolution of love in a relationship.

The movie starts well, setting a warm mood, and delivers us a promising story with funny moments. After the first hour this cozy movie begins to turn too repetitive and its otherwise empathetic and cheerful main characters start to make you uncomfortable. We all know passion doesn't last forever and that love has its own evolution in a relationship. We also know time and distance help to heal frustrated love stories.

And as the movie goes by, chance puts the characters in a perpetual never-ending confront about their feelings for each other almost in a masochist way. Even though this is a comedy, we can see the characters suffer with their impossible love, and at certain point I lost total empathy with the characters - they are only in pain because they don't want to make a decision, for the good or for the bad - so the movie becomes boring and overlong running almost two hours.

Hopefully this is a comedy and the title - Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health - could not be more appropriate.