---
title: 'Mad Love (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vicente Aranda'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Portugal'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mad-love-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270480/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mad Love (2001)

2001 · 115 min · Drama, History, Romance · Portugal, Italy, Spain

Original title: Juana la Loca

## Synopsis

Mad Love is a 2001 
period drama film written and directed by Vicente Aranda starring Pilar López de Ayala and Daniele Liotti. The plot follows the tragic fate of Queen Joanna of Castile, madly in love with an unfaithful husband, Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria. It is one of the several adaptations of Manuel Tamayo y Baus' 1855 historic drama The Madness of Love.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vicente Aranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicente-aranda)
- **Screenplay:** [Vicente Aranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicente-aranda), [Antonio Larreta](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-larreta)
- **Original Music Composer:** [José Nieto](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-nieto-2)
- **Producer:** [Enrique Cerezo](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrique-cerezo)
- **Director of Photography:** [Paco Femenía](https://cinepixo.com/people/paco-femenia)
- **Editor:** [Teresa Font](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-font)

## Cast

- [Susi Sánchez](https://cinepixo.com/people/susi-sanchez) as Isabella I of Castile
- [Rosana Pastor](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosana-pastor)
- [Ana Villa](https://cinepixo.com/people/ana-villa)
- [Diana Costa e Silva](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-costa-e-silva)
- [Eloy Azorín](https://cinepixo.com/people/eloy-azorin)
- [Héctor Colomé](https://cinepixo.com/people/hector-colome) as Ferdinand II of Aragon
- [Guillermo Toledo](https://cinepixo.com/people/guillermo-toledo)
- [Andrés Lima](https://cinepixo.com/people/andres-lima) as Diego Lopez de Pacheco, 2nd Duke of Escalona
- [Pilar López de Ayala](https://cinepixo.com/people/pilar-lopez-de-ayala) as Juana I of Castile
- [Roberto Álvarez](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-alvarez)
- [Giuliano Gemma](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuliano-gemma)
- [María Jesús Valdés](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-jesus-valdes)
- [María Ballesteros](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-ballesteros)
- [Raquel González](https://cinepixo.com/people/raquel-gonzalez)
- [Cristina Perales](https://cinepixo.com/people/cristina-perales)

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