The Effect of Love (Spanish: El resultado del amor) is a 2007 Argentinian drama film, written and directed by Eliseo Subiela and starring SofÃÂa Gala and Guillermo Pfening. The film was shot in the Buenos Aires and San Luis provinces of Argentina.
Mabel (SofÃÂa Gala) is a young girl who was raped in the chapel of the shantytown where she lives. After some time passes she becomes a clown performer and a prostitute. MartÃÂn (Guillermo Pfening) is a lawyer who is recently separated from his wife and has chosen to leave his father's law firm. Mabel and MartÃÂn meet and eventually fall in love, also moving out to the city, but soon after Mabel discovers she is a HIV virus carrier, putting a new strain on their relationship.