# List of Spanish films of 1997

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

## Films

| Release | Release | Title(Domestic title) | Cast & Crew |
| JANUARY | 10 | Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health(El amor perjudica seriamente la salud) | Director: Manuel Gómez PereiraCast: Ana Belén, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Penélope Cruz, Gabino Diego |
| JANUARY | 17 | Actresses(Actrius) | Director: Ventura PonsCast: Núria Espert, Rosa Maria Sardà, Anna Lizaran, Mercè Pons |
| JANUARY | 17 | Como un relámpago | Director: Miguel HermosoCast: Santiago Ramos, Assumpta Serna, Eloy Azorín |
| JANUARY | 24 | Familia | Director: Fernando León de AranoaCast: Juan Luis Galiardo, Amparo Muñoz, Ágata Lys [es], Elena Anaya, Chete Lera, Raquel Rodrigo, Juan Querol, André Falcon, Aníbal Carbonero |
| JANUARY | 31 | Excuse Me Darling, but Lucas Loved Me(Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí) | Director: Dunia Ayaso, Félix SabrosoCast: Jordi Mollà, Pepón Nieto, Roberto Correcher, Esperanza Roy |
| FEBRUARY | 21 | The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca(Muerte en Granada) | Director: Marcos ZurinagaCast: Esai Morales, Andy García, Jeroen Krabbé, Edward James Olmos, Marcela Walerstein, Naím Thomas, Miguel Ferrer, Simón Andreu |
| FEBRUARY | 28 | ¿De qué se ríen las mujeres? | Director: Joaquín OristrellCast: Verónica Forqué, Candela Peña, Adriana Ozores |
| MARCH | 7 | Comanche Territory(Territorio comanche) | Director: Gerardo HerreroCast: Imanol Arias, Carmelo Gómez, Cecilia Dopazo |
| MARCH | 14 | Secrets of the Heart(Secretos del corazón) | Director: Montxo ArmendárizCast: Carmelo Gómez, Charo López, Sílvia Munt |
| MARCH | 21 | A Wound of Light(La herida luminosa) | Director: José Luis GarciCast: Fernando Guillén, Mercedes Sampietro, Julia Gutiérrez Caba, María Massip [es], Beatriz Santana [es], Neus Asensi, Cayetana Guillén |
| APRIL | 4 | Tramway to Malvarrosa(Tranvía a la Malvarrosa) | Director: José Luis García SánchezCast: Liberto Rabal [es], Juan Luis Galiardo, Antonio Resines, Vicente Parra, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Ariadna Gil |
| APRIL | 4 | Lycantropus: The Moonlight Murders(Licántropo: el asesino de la luna llena) | Director: Francisco Rodríguez Gordillo [es]Cast: Paul Naschy, Amparo Muñoz |
| MAY | 30 | The Lucky Star(La buena estrella) | Director: Ricardo FrancoCast: Antonio Resines, Maribel Verdú, Jordi Mollá, Ramón Barea, Elvira Mínguez, Clara Sanchís [es] |
| JUNE | 6 | Eso | Director: Fernando ColomoCast: Daniel Guzmán, Diana Gálvez, Antonio Molero, Saturnino García [es], Francisco Maestre [es], Javier Cámara, Blanca Portillo, Mónica Cano [es] |
| JUNE | 20 | Airbag | Director: Juanma Bajo UlloaCast: Karra Elejalde, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Alberto San Juan, Maria de Medeiros, Francisco Rabal, Rosa María Sardà |
| JULY | 4 | Time of Happiness(El tiempo de la felicidad) | Director: Manuel Iborra [es]Cast: Verónica Forqué, Silvia Abascal, María Adánez, Carlos Fuentes [es], Pepón Nieto, Liberto Rabal [es], Fele Martínez, Antonio Resines |
| AUGUST | 29 | Chevrolet | Director: Javier Maqua [es]Cast: Javier Albalá [es], Manuel de Blas, Isabel Ordaz |
| AUGUST | 29 | There Is Always a Right Way(Siempre hay un camino a la derecha) | Director: José Luis García SánchezCast: Juan Luis Galiardo, Juan Echanove, Rosa Maria Sardà, Neus Asensi, Javier Gurruchaga, Adriana Davidova, Manuel Alexandre, Tina Sainz, Fernando Vivanco |
| SEPTEMBER | 26 | Martín (Hache) | Director: Adolfo AristarainCast: Juan Diego Botto, Federico Luppi, Cecilia Roth, Eusebio Poncela, Sancho Gracia, Ana María Picchio |
| OCTOBER | 3 | The Color of the Clouds(El color de las nubes) | Director: Mario CamusCast: Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Antonio Valero, Ana Duato, José Mª Domenech [ca], Simón Andreu, Ramón Langa [es], Manuel Zarzo, Fernando Valverde |
| OCTOBER | 11 | Live Flesh(Carne trémula) | Director: Pedro AlmodóvarCast: Javier Bardem, Liberto Rabal [es], Francesca Neri, Ángela Molina, José Sancho, Penélope Cruz |
| OCTOBER | 11 | Amor de hombre | Director: Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis IborraCast: Loles León, Andrea Occhipinti |
| OCTOBER | 17 | Pajarico | Director: Carlos SauraCast: Francisco Rabal, Manuel Bandera, Alejandro Martínez, Juan Luis Galiardo, María Luisa San José [es], Dafne Fernández, Borja Elgea, Eusebio Lázaro [es] |
| OCTOBER | 17 | Memorias del ángel caído | Director: David Alonso, Fernando CámaraCast: Santiago Ramos, José Luis López Vázquez, Emilio Gutiérrez-Caba, Asunción Balaguer, Tristán Ulloa, Héctor Alterio, Juan Echanove |
| OCTOBER | 24 | The Chambermaid on the Titanic(La camarera del Titanic) | Director: Bigas LunaCast: Olivier Martinez, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Romane Bohringer |
| OCTOBER | 24 | Geisha [es] | Director: Eduardo RaspoCast: Ana Álvarez, Manuel Bandera, Arturo Maly, Jorge Marrale, Germán Palacios [es] |
| OCTOBER | 31 | Dance with the Devil(Perdita Durango) | Director: Álex de la IglesiaCast: Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross, Aimee Graham, Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
| NOVEMBER | 7 | Do It for Me [es](Hazlo por mí) | Director: Ángel Fernández Santos [es]Cast: Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Carlos Hipólito, Nancho Novo, |
| NOVEMBER | 7 | 99.9 | Director: Agustí VillarongaCast: María Barranco, Terele Pávez |
| NOVEMBER | 14 | My Brother's Gun(La pistola de mi hermano) | Director: Ray LorigaCast: Nico Bidasolo, Daniel Gónzález, Andrés Gertrúdix, Anna Galiena, Karra Elejalde, Viggo Mortensen, Christina Rosenvinge |
| NOVEMBER | 28 | Backroads(Carreteras secundarias) | Director: Emilio Martínez-LázaroCast: Antonio Resines, Fernando Ramallo, Maribel Verdú, Miriam Díaz Aroca, Jesús Bonilla, Montserrat Carulla, Mayte Blasco [es] |
| DECEMBER | 19 | Open Your Eyes(Abre los ojos) | Director: Alejandro AmenábarCast: Penélope Cruz, Eduardo Noriega, Fele Martínez, Najwa Nimri, Chete Lera |

## Box office

The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 1997, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1997 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Admissions | Domestic gross (€) |
| 1 | Airbag | Hispano Foxfilm | 2,105,521 | 6,925,452 |
| 2 | Live Flesh (Carne trémula) | Warner Española | 1,346,577 | 4,750,808 |
| 3 | Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (El amor perjudica seriamente la salud) | Columbia TriStar | 1,045,994 | 3,589,966 |
| 4 | Secrets of the Heart (Secretos del corazón) | Alta Films | 822,371 | 2,945,605 |
| 5 | Dance with the Devil (Perdita Durango) | Sogepaq | 684,539 | 2,324,460 |
| 6 | The Dog in the Manger (El perro del hortelano) ‡ | Columbia TriStar | 634,980 | 2,035,364 |
| 7 | Abre los ojos (Abre los ojos) | Sogepaq | 481,010 | 1,811,881 |
| 8 | Thesis (Tesis) ‡ | United International Pictures | 584,010 | 1,798,197 |
| 9 | Lucky Star (La buena estrella) | Alta Films | 452,099 | 1,603,936 |
| 10 | Martín (Hache) | Alta Films | 429,804 | 1,556,901 |
| ‡: 1996 theatrical opening |||||

## Informational notes

* ↑ Co-production Spain–Argentina.