| Of Love and Other Demons | |
| Director: | Hilda Hidalgo |
| Producer: | Hilda Hidalgo |
| Screenplay: | Hilda Hidalgo |
| Starring: | Pablo Derqui |
| Cinematography: | Mariana Rodríguez |
| Runtime: | 103 minutes |
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| Language: | Spanish |
Of Love and Other Demons (Spanish; Castilian: Del amor y otros demonios|link=no) is a 2009 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Hilda Hidalgo, who also wrote the screenplay. The film was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,[1] but it did not make the final shortlist.[2] The film is based on the novel of the same name by the Colombian Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez.
The story takes place sometime during the colonial period in Colombia, in a time of extreme religious intolerance (thanks to the Holy Inquisition) and slavery.
In that dark setting, a 13-year-old Spanish aristocratic girl named Sierva Maria (Eliza Triana) wants to know what kisses taste like. She is the daughter of wealthy marquises but was raised by African slaves who were taken to Cartagena de Indias.
When a rabid dog bites her, the bishop (Jordi Dauder) believes her to be possessed and orders Cayetano Delaura (Pablo Derqui), his ecclesiastical disciple, to lock her up in the convent and exorcise her. The vicar and the girl will be seduced by a demon more powerful than faith and reason, which makes them maintain a love affair hidden from everyone, which culminates in a tragic outcome.