Un buen novio
| Un buen novio | |
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| Directed by | Jesús Delgado |
| Screenplay by | Jesús Delgado |
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| Cinematography | Teo Delgado |
| Edited by | Pablo Blanco |
| Music by | Mario de Benito |
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| Distributed by | Líder Films |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Un buen novio is a 1998 Spanish melodrama thriller film written and directed by Jesús Delgado which stars Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Natalia Verbeke, and Adolfo Fernández.
Plot
[edit]Set in Madrid, the plot follows police inspector Alex Cano, who finds out his girlfriend Verónica is cheating on him with childhood friend Roberto while taking on a theft case.[1][2]
Cast
[edit]- Fernando Guillén-Cuervo as Alex[3]
- Natalia Verbeke as Verónica[3]
- Adolfo Fernández as Roberto[3]
- Pepo Oliva as Rafa[3]
- Andrés Lima as Esteban[3]
- Roman Luknár[4]
- William Holden
- Ángela Castilla as Marta[3]
- Víctor Clavijo[1]
Production
[edit]The film was produced by Cre-Acción Films, Adai Films and Plot Films, and it had the collaboration of Sogepaq and funding from the Spanish Ministry of Culture.[5] It was shot in Madrid.[2]
Release
[edit]The film screened at the 10th Alfàs del Pi Film Festival.[6][3] It was released theatrically in Spain on 4 September 1998.[7]
Reception
[edit]Augusto Martínez Torres of El País deemed the film to be an "uneven" crime film, "but with an interesting triangular story inside".[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Jimeno, Diego (7 August 2020). "'Un buen novio', con Natalia Verbeke, en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". Diez Minutos.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Román Portas 2003, p. 977.
- ^ "Un buen novio". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- ^ Román Portas, Mercedes (2003). "Causas del desarrollo del cine gallego en los últimos años". In Company, Arnau; Pons, Jordi; Serra, Sebastià (eds.). La comunicació audiovisual en la historia. Palma: Universitat de les Illes Balears. p. 977. ISBN 84-7632-826-5.
{{cite book}}:|editor-last=has generic name (help) - ^ Jump up to: a b Martínez Torres, Augusto (23 September 1998). "Un policiaco lleno de sexo". El País.
- ^ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 126. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.