Carolina Bona, Daniele Liotti, Eloy Azorin

In the 16th century, following the death of her mother Isabella, Juana of Castile becomes Queen of Spain. Returning from Flanders with her Dutch husband Felipe el Hermoso, Juana begins to exercise her...( read more  read more... ) new powers. But Felipe, jealous of his wife and her new lover, plots to imprison Juana and steal the throne for himself.

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R, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Vicente Aranda

Release Date: August 30, 2002

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DVD Release Date: January 21, 2003

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  • February 9, 2007
    I enjoyed it, as much as you can enjoy a really depressing movie. This is the second Spanish movie that i've watched that's dealt with men abusing their power. They said that Joan was mad but she wasn't mad in the sense of craziness, she was furious. Her husband was cheating on h...( read more)er with multiple other women...of course she's going to be pissed off and act eractic. People knew that the Archduke was unfaithful but they chose to ignore it. The men who knew fell into two camps, either they were helping to cover it up or they were too afraid to act against him. And the women who knew couldnt do a damn thing about it, because well, they were women. I mean I'm sure that it's true to the time period but it really pisses me off. But it was really well done.
  • January 25, 2007
    Mostly love this film, because Daniele is so hot...
  • October 12, 2006
    Could've been powerful.
  • October 16, 2009
    No soy fervorosamente exigente con las películas de tema histórico. Entiendo que en esta clase de películas, como Juana La Loca (2001), de Vicente Aranda, no se puede estar 100 por ciento apegado a la realidad histórica. A veces, es necesario dramatizar la historia real, hacer ca...( read more)mbios en ciertos aspectos, exagerar y todo lo que pueda caber en la creatividad de un guionista. El problema con esta versión de la torturada vida de una de las hijas de los Reyes Católicos, Isabel y Fernando, que a la muerte de la primera se convirtió en Reina de Castilla y Aragón, así como una de las soberanas con más poder en Europa, adolece de creatividad y una historia más interesante.



    Protagonizada por Pilar López de Ayala, actriz favorita de Vicente Aranda, la película tiene un gran trabajo de sus actores. Pilar hace un magnífico trabajo interpretando a la atormentada princesa y, más tarde, reina. La locura que imprime a su Juana es enfermiza, perversa y con una pizca de ridícula inverosimilitud que no le hace tanto daño al filme, como el hecho de poder descubrir que su esposo, el archiduque Felipe de Flandes (el italiano doblado al español Daniele Liotti), apodado ?el Hermoso?, le es infiel con sólo oler su cama.

    Lo extraño de todo es que, a pesar de estos ficticios triángulos amorosos, el guión intenta ser algo didáctico, con una narración en off que nos cuenta fechas y sucesos con una precisión de libro histórico. Lo más interesante de Juana despierta tarde, hacia el final, con una fortaleza y cordura de verdadera reina, que se nos da a cuenta gotas y de manera apresurada.
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  • January 5, 2009
    Creo que la historia daba para más.. igualmente es una buena pelicula.
  • December 16, 2008
    brillante actuaciòn de Pilar Lòpez de Ayala!
    tema muy bueno en esa època, muy bien tratado
    buen guiòn!
  • December 4, 2007
    pilar lópez de ayala makes a great role, because converts in a real woman the historic character... but maybe the film is not her better one.
  • October 4, 2007
    True story, based on obsession
  • August 6, 2007
    Lovely movie about Queen Juana of Castilla.
    It clearly shows how far a human being can go if jealousy drives his/her mind and soul.
  • April 5, 2007
    spanish movie incredible graphic jealousy, lust, love

Critic Reviews


September 6, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

A sexy, peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in Renaissance Spain, and the fact that it's based on true events somehow makes it all the more compelling. full review

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