Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

Infobox_Film
name = El amor perjudica seriamente la salud


caption =
director = Manuel Gómez Pereira
producer = César Benítez
Manuel Gómez Pereira
Joaquín Oristrell
writer = Yolanda García Serrano
Manuel Gómez Pereira
Juan Luis Iborra
Joaquín Oristrell
starring = Ana Belén,
Juanjo Puigcorbé,
Penélope Cruz,
Gabino Diego
music = Bernardo Bonezzi
cinematography = Juan Amorós
editor = Guillermo Represa
released = flagicon|Spain January 10, 1997
runtime = 117 min.
language = Spanish
budget =
imdb_id = 0115536|

"El amor perjudica seriamente la salud" (English: "Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health") is a 1997 Spanish comedy film directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira, starred by Ana Belén, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Penélope Cruz and Gabino Diego.

ynopsis

Paris. King Juan Carlos I offers a diner at Hôtel Crillon. Diana (Ana Belén) meets Santi (Juanjo Puigcorbé) , an old lover, who now is the King's bodyguard. They remember how they met each other, 30 years ago, in another hotel, in Madrid. Diana (Penélope Cruz) and Santi (Gabino Diego) met when The Beatles were going to play. He works in the hotel. She hides under John Lennon's bed because she's in love with the singer. But, what starts is an attraction between them. It is an impossible love because she wants to be rich and famous, and he is poor and has to join the Army. When they meet again as grown-ups, Diana has become a socialite, and Santi is a pilot. Both are married, but the love goes on...

Cameo appearances

The film uses cameo appearances by real figures from vintage footage and other fields to great comic effect. They include John Lennon, Carmen Polo, Raphael, King Juan Carlos I and his daughters. There are other cameos during the film: actors Javier Bardem, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón or film director Fernando Colomo have got small roles.

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