''Amor de hombre'' (also known as ''Love of a Man'' in English-speaking markets) is a 1997 Spanish

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directed by Yolanda García Serrano and Juan Luis Iborra. An intimate, warm and tender Spanish film about the very close friendship between a gay man and a straight woman. The film won both the Audience and Jury awards at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and Narrative Feature at the Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.

Plot

Ramón is a sexually active gay man with men coming and going from his bedroom. His best friend Esperanza is a single woman who can't seem to meet or like any men unless they are gay. Some would call Esperanza a fag hag, but she simply has great taste in men, she likes them gay! They go out together to the bars and Ramon always brings a man home while Esperanza goes home to an empty bed. She doesn't mind because she knows that she has Ramón's heart. That is until Ramón meets her fellow teacher, Roberto. Their relationship endangers the precious bond these two have formed. This colorful and somewhat hyper-active film is in the style of Almodóvar. There's always plenty of on-screen action, dialogue and color to keep the eyes and ears happy. It's a tender and intimate peek into the lives of two people that one seldom sees on screen. It seems as if Madrid is teeming with gorgeous gay men, after seeing Amor de Hombre it should be a stop in every gay man's life.

Cast

Loles León María Dolores León Rodríguez (born 1 August 1950), better known as Loles León, is a Spanish actress. Career León travelled to Madrid to start a career as an actress, where she met Pedro Almodóvar during La Movida Madrileña. She has pl ...

as Esperanza *

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as Ramón *Pedro Mari Sanchez as César *Armando Del Rio as Roberto

Awards

Freedom Award - 2000 Outfest
Audience & Jury Award for Best Feature - 1999 Miami LG Film Festival
Best Narrative Feature - 1998 Austin GL Film Festival

Festivals

1999 Miami Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
1999 Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
23rd San Francisco LGBT Film Festival

External links

TLA Releasing - Amor de Hombre
1997 films 1997 drama films 1990s Spanish-language films Spanish LGBT-related films Madrid in fiction Gay-related films LGBT-related drama films Spanish drama films {{LGBT-drama-film-stub 1997 LGBT-related films 1990s Spanish films