Más que amor, frenesí starred, among others, Nancho Novo, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, and Ingrid Rubio.
[2] Más que amor, frenesí brought Bardem a Goya Award nomination for Best Newcomer Director.
His next directing work, La mujer más fea del mundo, starring Elia Galera, Roberto Álvare, and Héctor Alterio.
The film follows the lives of underage girls in Nepal who are sent by the thousands each year to India, where they are forced into prostitution.
For the 50th anniversary of the comic heroes Clever & Smart, Bardem was commissioned for a live action film adaptation.