{{Infobox film | image = The Things of Love poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Las cosas del querer|nolink=yes}} | director = Jaime Chávarri | screenplay = {{ubl|Lázaro Irazábal|Fernando Colomo|Jaime Chávarri}} | story = Lázaro Larreta | producer = Luis Sanz | starring = {{ubl|Ángela Molina|Ángel de Andrés López|Manuel Bandera|María Barranco|Amparo Baró|Mari Carmen Ramírez|Juan Gea|Eva León|Diana Peñalver|Santiago Ramos|Miguel Molina}} | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1989|10|03}} | country = Spain | language = Spanish | studio = {{ubl|Lince Films|Compañía Iberoamericana de TV}} | cinematography = Hans Burmann | editing = Pedro del Rey | music = Gregorio García Segura }} '''''The Things of Love''''' ({{langx|es|'''Las cosas del querer'''|links=no}}){{Sfn|Sánchez Alarcón|2012|p=70}} is a 1989 Spanish musical film directed by Jaime Chávarri which stars Ángela Molina, Ángel de Andrés López, and Manuel Bandera.
== Plot == Set in Francoist Spain, the plot tracks a homosexual singer (Mario), a pianist (Juan), and the latter's girlfriend (Pepita), who form a troupe (as well as a love triangle) and tour around Spain.<ref name="goya" /><ref name="cvc" />{{Sfn|Alfeo Álvarez|2003|p=88}}
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Ángela Molina as Pepita<ref name="cvc" /> * Ángel de Andrés López as Juan<ref name="cvc" /> * Manuel Bandera as Mario<ref name="cvc" /> * María Barranco as Nena Colman<ref name="cvc" /> * Amparo Baró as Balbina<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=Spain|first=Inmaculada|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|year=2012|title=The International Film Musical|location=Edinburgh|isbn=978-0-7486-3476-7|editor-first=Corey K.|editor-last=Creekmur|editor-first2=Linda Y.|editor-last2=Mokdad|last=Sánchez Alarcón|page=70}}</ref> * Mari Carmen Ramírez<ref name="aacce">{{Cite web|url=https://www.academiadecine.com/actividades/las-cosas-del-querer-2/|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|access-date=27 September 2022|title=Las cosas del querer}}</ref> * {{ill|Juan Gea|es}}<ref name="aacce" /> * {{ill|Eva León Conde|es|lt=Eva León}}<ref name="aacce" /> * Diana Peñalver<ref name="aacce" /> * Santiago Ramos<ref name="aacce" /> * {{ill|Micky Molina|es|lt=Miguel Molina}}<ref name="aacce" /> }}
== Production == A Lince Films and Compañía Iberoamericana de TV production, the film was inspired by the life of ''copla'' singer {{ill|Miguel de Molina|es}}, even though the filmmakers had no permission from the artist and the producer Luis Sanz did not want to acknowledge it either.<ref name="cvc">{{Cite web|url=https://cvc.cervantes.es/artes/cine/hojas/las-cosas-del-querer.htm|website=Centro Virtual Cervantes|title=Las cosas del querer (1989)|access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref> The screenplay was penned by Lázaro Irazábal, Fernando Colomo, and Jaime Chávarri, based on a story by Lázaro Larreta.<ref name="cvc" /> Shooting locations included the 'Teatro Ideal Cinema' in Úbeda, as well as Madrid and the province of Almería.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariojaen.es/cultura/original-y-copla-sorprende-con-las-cosas-del-querer-AN4843323|website=Diario Jaén|title="Original y copla" sorprende con "Las cosas del querer"|date=17 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://madridfilmoffice.com/produccion/las-cosas-del-querer|website=Madrid Film Office|title=Las cosas del querer|publisher=Madrid Destino Cultura Turismo y Negocio S.A.|access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
== Release == The film was theatrically released in Spain on 3 October 1989.<ref>{{Cite book|page=88|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/19708329.pdf|title=El personaje homosexual masculino como protagonista en la cinematografía española|first=Juan Carlos|last=Alfeo Álvarez|publisher=Universidad Complutense de Madrid|location=Madrid|year=2003|isbn=978-84-669-1152-8}}</ref>
== Accolades == {{Awards table|5}} |- | rowspan = "7" align = "center" | 1990 || rowspan = "7" | 4th Goya Awards || Best Original Screenplay || Antonio Larreta, Fernando Colomo, Jaime Chávarri, Lázaro Irazábal || {{nom}} || rowspan = "7" | <ref name="goya">{{Cite web|access-date=27 September 2022|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/las-cosas-del-querer|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|title=Las cosas del querer|website=premiosgoya.com}}</ref> |- | Best Actress || Ángela Molina || {{nom}} |- | Best Supporting Actress || María Barranco || {{nom}} |- | Best Original Score || Gregorio García Segura || {{nom}} |- | Best Art Direction || Luis Sanz || {{nom}} |- | Best Costume Design || José María García Montes, María Luisa Zabala || {{nom}} |- | Best Makeup and Hairstyles || Gregorio Ros, Jesús Moncusi || {{nom}} |}
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 1989 * List of LGBT-related films of 1989
== References == {{reflist}}
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