# Locos en Alabama (1999)

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**Original title**: *Crazy in Alabama*
**Runtime**: 112 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Antonio Banderas
**Written by**: Mark Childress
**Starring**: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty, Meat Loaf, Rod Steiger

> *Sometimes you have to lose your mind to find your freedom.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A late-90s confection with a star in front of and behind the camera. A wife flees north to Hollywood while her nephew stumbles into a scandal involving a sheriff with a badge and a grudge. Antonio Banderas’ directorial debut juggles whimsy and weight without quite keeping the balls in the air.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful

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