- HD 1080
- Runtime: 103m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: es
- Country: Spain
- Director: Vicente Aranda
- Stars: Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú, Saturnino García, Enrique Cerro
- keywords: virgin, army, spain, widow, fiancé, marriage, room, seduction, based on true story, rent, offer, love, money, scam, extramarital affair
- Production_studio: Pedro Costa P. C., TVE
- Slogan: This landlady has more than just rent on her mind
- The Lovers: A True Story is featured in the top rankings of 1991
- #29 in Top Romance Movies of 1991
- #89 in Top Drama Movies of 1991
- #26 in Top Crime Movies of 1991
Set in '50s Spain, a young man leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée can get married. He rents a room from a widow, and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by offering herself to him and taking him to meet her family. Ultimately he has to make a decision. Based on a true story.