Mad Love (Juana La Loca)
Laredo, August 22, 1496. A fleet sets sail for Flanders. Its mission, to carry Princess Joan to the Brussels court where she is to be wed to the monarch later to be known as Philip the Handsome. Sparks fly at their first meeting. One look is enough to create mutual attraction and uncontrollable desire. Joan and Philip forget their political obligations and abandon themselves to their emotions. However, destiny has other plans for them. The death of her elder brother, sister and mother, Isabella the Catholic, leave Princess Joan the Queen of Castile and heir to the crown of Aragon. Two battles ensue: the political one, between the Flemish and Castilian nobility, and the tumultuous one that Joan will wage in her marriage bed.
“Films on Women and Society: Recognizing Black History Month and Women?s History Month” will be held at Towson University on Tuesdays, February 21, 28 and March 7, 14 at 6:30 pm in Linthicum Hall, Room 200, according to the following schedule
