Una Mujer Bajo la Lluvia, 1992
(A Woman in the Rain)

Director: Gerardo Vera

Other Actors: Imanol Arias, Angela Molina

This film is a re-make of 1947's Life in a Thread made by Edgar Neville in 1947. Antonio describes it as "a white comedy, a Lubitsch type, which seems like it's from Hollywood."

Antonio is pure charm in this film -- cute, sweet, funny, adorable. Antonio and Imanol (Antonio's good friend in real life) are in a shop with a beautiful young woman (Angela) and it is pouring rain outside. The film then spins a "what if" fantasy -- what Angela's life would have been like if a relationship had developed with each man. Imanol portrays a wealthy, handsome young playboy, and in the fantasy, he and Angela marry. Their life falls into a routine of parties and outings with their rich friends -- an elegant but lonely lifestyle.

We then see her life as it would have been had she developed a relationship with Antonio's character (Miguel), an artist, who has little money but a great sense of fun and loads of charm. They have quiet dinners where they gaze lovingly into each other's eyes, play the piano together, and have romps in bed that are more playful than erotic. They laugh a lot.

Back to "real life". Miguel meets Angela again on a flight, either by design or accident, and warmth quickly develops between the two. Miguel waits for her (under an umbrella in the pouring rain) outside the terminal. She accepts a ride from him as she should have at the beginning of the film.

A final fantasy scene shows Angela with both men at a dance. She whirls from one to the other in a re-cap of the film's theme and ends up in Miguel's arms.

This deeply romantic film is a must for any Antonio fan. Says Sharon W.: "It's my favorite Antonio movie! I really loved this one! That dance scene when Angela twirls around and suddenly you see that she is dancing with Miguel took my breath away and is my all time favorite scene."

Related Information

In March 1992 Antonio, Gerardo Vera and Imanol Arias went to Barcelona to promote the movie. Imanol remembers that they partied all day and night and didn't go to bed until the next afternoon. The next day Antonio was scheduled to present a Goya award with Carmen Maura. Arriving at the airport with only three hours sleep he called his wife, Ana, and told her that he would never make it. He did, though, and presented the award with "his customary self-assurance, lacking nothing."