Not Love Just Frenzy (or Más que amor, frenesí in Spanish) is a 1996 adventure and drama film, directed by a triumvirate of Alfonso Albacete, Miguel Bardem and David Menkes. They have a collective name of Peliculas Freneticas (Frenetic Films). It is Miguel Bardem's first feature film with Alfonso Albacete, using Carlos Bardem, the cousin of Miguel, in his acting debut. The style of the film is reminiscent of works by Pedro Almodóvar, according to a New York Times review. Más que amor, frenesí brought Bardem, Albacete and Menkes a Goya Award nomination for Best Newcomer Director.

Plot

Gigolo Max (Nancho Novo) returns to town followed by a cop (Javier Manrique) and is suspected of having murdered one of his clients. He seeks help from a madam with a taste for young fresh girls (Bibi Andersen). Max tries to get himself back into the life of his former lover Yeye (Ingrid Rubio), who still has some feelings for him. Yeye shares an apartment with 2 flatmates, Monica (Cayetana Guillen Cuervo) who is a waitress in a gay club, called Frenzy and lovelorn Maria (Beatriz Santiago). Maria is in love with nerdy neighbor Carlos (Juan Diego Botto). Another friend is gay art student Alberto (Gustavo Salmeron), who in the opening section of the film has some steamy gay sex under the shower with Alex (Javier Albala). But he soon sadly finds out that Mr. Right is a husband and father, which quenches his desire, leaving him to get his kicks from some chaste flirtation with straight art-school model David (Liberto Rabal).