''The Effect of Love'' (

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: ''El resultado del amor'') is a

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

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drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

, written and directed by

Eliseo Subiela Eliseo Alberto Subiela (December 27, 1944 – December 25, 2016) was an Argentine film director and writer. His works are considered to be in the ' magic realism' genre. Subiela was the father of actress, Guadalupe Subiela (who acted in her f ...

, an Argentinian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. The film was shot in

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and San Luis in

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Plot

Mabel (

Sofía Gala Sofía Gala Castiglione Casanova (born 24 January 1987) is an Argentine actress. Daughter of the actress Moria Casán and producer Mario Castiglione, Sofía Gala grew up in the dressing rooms of revues, during the filming of Alberto Olmedo and ...

) is raped in the chapel of the shantytown where she lives and then she becomes a clown and a prostitute. Martín ( Guillermo Pfening) is a lawyer who has recently separated from his wife and left his father's law firm. They meet and eventually fall in love, but soon after Mabel discovers she is a HIV virus carrier.

Awards and nominations

* The

Argentine Film Critics Association The Argentine Film Critics Association ( es, Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina) is an organization of Argentine-based journalists and correspondents. The association presents the ''Silver Condor Awards'' (''Premios Cóndor ...

awarded

a Silver Condor for Best New Actress in 2008. * Silver Colon for Best Actress in 2007

Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva The Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival ( es, links=no, Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva), held since 1975 in Huelva, Spain, is the oldest film festival in Europe dedicated to the Ibero-American cinema. During the first editions, it was ...

. *

was nominated for a Clarín Award in 2007 for Best New Actress. *

was nominated for Golden Colon in 2007

References

External links

* 2007 films 2007 romantic drama films Films about prostitution in Argentina Films about HIV/AIDS Films set in hospitals Films shot in Buenos Aires Argentine romantic drama films 2000s Argentine films 2000s Spanish-language films {{2000s-romantic-drama-film-stub