Maribel and I watched Locos De Amor last week while in
Piura. We watched it again last night at the Cineplanet in Chiclayo. I don’t
ever remember going to a theatre twice in one week to see a movie. To me it’s
that good….it’s that entertaining.
Locos De Amor is a Spanish language Peruvian movie filmed in
Lima. The genre I would guess is romantic musical comedy. To my knowledge everyone
involved in the film is Peruvian including cast, crew, producers and directors.
In my opinion the level of professionalism in directing and editing matches
anything coming out of Hollywood these days, as does the acting of the local
performers. The plot is light and simple; basically four women having
relationship issues with the men in their lives, and yet the performers bring
so much to their characters that it was impossible for me not to get involved
in the story and root for happy endings.
The men are not virile, ruggedly handsome, larger than life
personalities. The women, though attractive are not raving beauties with killer
bodies. These performers are next-door neighbor type people. That’s one of the
reasons this film is so enjoyable…because it’s so easy to relate to them; to
share their feelings and circumstances.
The few dance numbers are a pleasure to watch. The early
impression of each is campy but that’s soon replaced with, ‘hey…this is really
pretty good!’
The songs are old and well known. Many of the audience
members in the packed theatre were softly singing along with the performers,
who while not having concert level voices were more than adequate, their voices
reinforcing their common folk personas. Some of the songs were funny, others
poignant. All in my opinion were captivating.
This is a link to a five minute video of the making of Locos
De Amor. I think you’ll see the essence of the characters. You don’t need
Spanish to understand it.
Here is another link that gets more in detail and includes
interviews and segments of songs and dances.
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