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In 1997, Cruz appeared in the Spanish comedy film Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health.

She portrays Diana, a fan of The Beatles band member John Lennon ; she tries unsuccessfully to meet him.

Years later, after multiple failed relationships, Diana re-unites with an acquaintance under unusual circumstances.

Also in 1997, she appeared in the opening scene of Pedro Almodóvar's Live Flesh as a prostitute who gives birth on a bus and in Et hjørne af paradis ( A Corner of Paradise ) as Doña Helena.

Cruz's final appearance in 1997 was the Amenabar-directed Spanish sci-fi drama, " Abre Los Ojos "/ Open Your Eyes.

She plays Sofia, the love interest of Eduardo Noriega's lead character.

Open Your Eyes received positive reviews, and was later remade by U. S. director Cameron Crowe as " Vanilla Sky " ( who cast Cruz in the same role and Tom Cruise in Noriega's role ), but " Open Your Eyes " was not commercially successful.

Kevin N. Laforest of the Montreal Film Journal commented in his September 2002 review that Cruz " has been getting some really bad reviews for her recent American work, but I personally think that she's a more than decent actress, especially here, where she's charming, moving and always believable.

[...] There's one shot in particular, where Cruz enters a room in a greenish glow, which is right out of Hitchcock's picture.