Overview

An American writer in Paris is hired to do a script for an edgy young director he can't stand. When he falls in love with the director's cold and manipulative pretty sister, his life starts to unravel and he realizes that he's been used.

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Based on The Dream of the Mad Monkey
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Filming locations
Filmed in Madrid
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Setting
Set in Paris
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Sequels
Follows Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and is followed by ¡Ay, Carmela!
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Music
Music by Antoine Duhamel
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Cinematography
Cinematography by José Luis Alcaine Escaño
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Details

Director: Fernando Trueba
Writers: Fernando TruebaScreenplay
Manolo MatjiScreenplay
Christopher FrankNovel
Original title: El sueño del mono loco
Status: Released
Release date: September 5, 1989
Original language: English
Countries: Spain, France

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