Reception
Amantes opened in February 1991 at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival where Victoria Abril won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. In Spain it was a great success with critics and audiences and won two Goya Awards including Best Film and Best director. Amantes was the first of Aranda’s films to get an American release, opening in March 1992 becoming an important art house hit, getting more than one and a half million dollars at the box-office. The movie shocked audiences because of the frankness of its sex scenes.
The film remains Vicente Aranda’s best-regarded work; he explains “ Whenever someone wants to flatter me, they bring up the subject of Amantes. I haven’t been able to make a film that takes its place.
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