‘The Love of Your Life’ It is the most viewed movie Prime Video in Spain (only one series before, ‘Carrie’). It reached the platform on 14 October, coming in second place behind ‘Normal’, and within two days it had reached number 1 in twelve countries including the UK, France, Spain and Portugal. They also measured their faces at the premiere of “The Love Hypothesis,” another Amazon romantic film released three weeks earlier, so the two most-watched productions on the service were homegrown love stories.
In ‘The Love of Your Life’ we meet Maya (Margaret Qualley), a 26-year-old who works as an emergency nurse in Boston and is quickly married to a second-hand desk bought online. Then comes 2020, and the pandemic forces her to cut everything, including her best friend (Patrick Schwarzenegger), and settle in Portugal as a digital nomad, where she crosses paths with a new potential love, Felix (Aaron Pierre).
Screenwriter Julia Cox sets the action in an unusual setting In Romantic Melodrama: Covid as seen from inside the hospital. Qualley prepared the role by talking to emergency nurses and behind the camera is Rachel Morrison, the first woman nominated for an Oscar for Best Cinematography, signing her second feature film as a director after the sports drama ‘The Fire Inside’.
Don’t be fooled by a title that sounds cliché and conformist: Ryan Gosling made the film after winning a close bid for the screenplay, which Amazon subsequently bought to exploit on its platform, after a very limited release in the US. A perfect bet if you feel like bringing out the scarf and chocolate ice cream for an emotional night full of emotional twists.
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