''Twisted Obsession'' ( es, El sueño del mono loco, links=no; ) is a 1989 Spanish-French

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directed by

Fernando Trueba Fernando Rodríguez Trueba (born 18 January 1955), known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Between 1974 and 1979, he worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper ''El País''. I ...

and starring

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and

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. It consists of an adaptation of the 1976 novel ''

The Dream of the Mad Monkey ''The Dream of the Mad Monkey'' (''Le rêve du singe fou'') is a novel by Christopher Frank, published in 1976. It was adapted to film in 1990 as ''Twisted Obsession ''Twisted Obsession'' ( es, El sueño del mono loco, links=no; ) is a 1 ...

'' () by

Christopher Frank Christopher Frank (5 December 1942, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK – 19 November 1993, Paris, France) was a British-born French writer, screenwriter, and film director. He won the 1972 Prix Renaudot for his novel ''La Nuit américaine'' tha ...

. Goldblum stars as a

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who becomes involved with a young

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brother and sister.

Plot

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Trueba, and

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. Shot in English, the film is a Spanish-French co-production, produced by Iberoamericana in association with French Production, International Production and Sofica Valor. Shooting took place in

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and

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Release

The film screened at the

46th Venice International Film Festival The 46th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 15 September 1989. Jury The following people comprised the 1989 jury: * Andrei Smirnov: Head of Jury *Néstor Almendros *Pupi Avati *Klaus Maria Brandauer *Danièle Heymann * ...

in September 1989.

Accolades

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, , , , rowspan = "11" , , - , Best Director , , Fernando Trueba , , , - , Best Art Direction , , Pierre-Louis Thévenet , , , - , Best Production Supervision , , José López Rodero , , , - , Best Cinematography , , José Luis Alcaine , , , - , Best Adapted Screenplay , , Fernando Trueba, Manolo Matji, Menno Meyjes , , , - , Best Makeup and Hairstyles , , José Antonio Sánchez, Paquita Núñez , , , - ,

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, , Carmen Frías , , , - , Best Original Score , , Antoine Duhamel , , , - , Best Sound , , Eduardo Fernández, Georges Prat, Pablo Blanco , , , - ,

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, , Christian Bourqui , ,

References

1989 films 1980s Spanish-language films 1980s English-language films Films directed by Fernando Trueba 1980s erotic thriller films French erotic thriller films Spanish erotic thriller films Incest in film Films based on French novels Films shot in Madrid Best Film Goya Award winners English-language French films English-language Spanish films 1989 multilingual films French multilingual films Spanish multilingual films 1980s Spanish films 1980s French films {{1980s-Spain-film-stub