List of Spanish films of 1997

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A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1997.

Contents

Films

ReleaseTitle
(Domestic title)
Cast & CrewRef.
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U
A
R
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10 Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
(El amor perjudica seriamente la salud)
Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira [1]
17 Actresses
(Actrius)
Director: Ventura Pons [2] [3]
Como un relámpago Director: Miguel Hermoso [4]
24 Familia Director: Fernando León de Aranoa [5]
31 Excuse Me Darling, but Lucas Loved Me
(Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí)
Director: Dunia Ayaso, Félix Sabroso
Cast: Jordi Mollà, Pepón Nieto, Roberto Correcher, Esperanza Roy
[6] [7]
F
E
B
R
U
A
R
Y
21 The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
(Muerte en Granada)
Director: Marcos Zurinaga [8] [9]
28 ¿De qué se ríen las mujeres? Director: Joaquín Oristrell [10]
M
A
R
C
H
7 Comanche Territory
(Territorio comanche)
Director: Gerardo Herrero [11]
14 Secrets of the Heart
(Secretos del corazón)
Director: Montxo Armendáriz [12]
21 A Wound of Light
(La herida luminosa)
Director: José Luis Garci [13] [14]
A
P
R
I
L
4 Tramway to Malvarrosa
(Tranvía a la Malvarrosa)
Director: José Luis García Sánchez [15]
Lycantropus: The Moonlight Murders
(Licántropo: el asesino de la luna llena)
Director: Francisco Rodríguez Gordillo  [ es ] [16] [17]
M
A
Y
30 The Lucky Star
(La buena estrella)
Director: Ricardo Franco [18] [19]
J
U
N
E
6EsoDirector: Fernando Colomo [20] [21]
20 Airbag Director: Juanma Bajo Ulloa [22]
J
U
L
Y
4 Time of Happiness
(El tiempo de la felicidad)
Director: Manuel Iborra  [ es ] [23] [24]
A
U
G
U
S
T
29
Chevrolet Director: Javier Maqua  [ es ] [25]
There Is Always a Right Way
(Siempre hay un camino a la derecha)
Director: José Luis García Sánchez
S
E
P
T
E
M
B
E
R
26 Martín (Hache) Director: Adolfo Aristarain [27] [28]
O
C
T
O
B
E
R
3 The Color of the Clouds
(El color de las nubes)
Director: Mario Camus [29]
11 Live Flesh
(Carne trémula)
Director: Pedro Almodóvar [30]
Amor de hombre Director: Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra [31]
17 Pajarico Director: Carlos Saura [32] [33]
Memorias del ángel caído Director: David Alonso, Fernando Cámara [34] [35]
24 The Chambermaid on the Titanic
(La camarera del Titanic)
Director: Bigas Luna [36] [37]
Geisha  [ es ]Director: Eduardo Raspo [n. 1] [38] [39]
31 Dance with the Devil
(Perdita Durango)
Director: Álex de la Iglesia [40] [41]
N
O
V
E
M
B
E
R
7 Do It for Me  [ es ]
(Hazlo por mí)
Director: Ángel Fernández Santos  [ es ] [42] [43]
99.9 Director: Agustí Villaronga [44] [45]
14 My Brother's Gun
(La pistola de mi hermano)
Director: Ray Loriga [46] [47]
28 Backroads
(Carreteras secundarias)
Director: Emilio Martínez-Lázaro [48]
D
E
C
E
M
B
E
R
19 Open Your Eyes
(Abre los ojos)
Director: Alejandro Amenábar [49] [50]

Box office

The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 1997, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: [51] [52]

Highest-grossing films of 1997
RankTitleDistributorAdmissionsDomestic gross ()
1 Airbag Hispano Foxfilm2,105,5216,925,452
2 Live Flesh (Carne trémula) Warner Española 1,346,5774,750,808
3 Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (El amor perjudica seriamente la salud) Columbia TriStar 1,045,9943,589,966
4 Secrets of the Heart (Secretos del corazón)Alta Films822,3712,945,605
5 Dance with the Devil (Perdita Durango)Sogepaq684,5392,324,460
6 The Dog in the Manger (El perro del hortelano) Columbia TriStar634,9802,035,364
7 Abre los ojos (Abre los ojos)Sogepaq481,0101,811,881
8 Thesis (Tesis) United International Pictures 584,0101,798,197
9 Lucky Star (La buena estrella)Alta Films452,0991,603,936
10 Martín (Hache) Alta Films429,8041,556,901
‡: 1996 theatrical opening

Informational notes

  1. Co-production Spain–Argentina.

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