A Moroccan Affair
Promotional release poster
SpanishOcho apellidos marroquís
Directed byÁlvaro Fernández Armero
Screenplay byDaniel Castro
Produced by
  • Ghislain Barrois
  • Álvaro Augustin
  • Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano
  • Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson
Starring
CinematographySergi Gallardo
Edited byRaúl de Torres
Music byVanessa Garde
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures International Spain
Release date
  • 1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget€5.5 million
Box office€8.9 million[1]

A Moroccan Affair[2] (Spanish: Ocho apellidos marroquís) is a 2023 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero from a screenplay by Daniel Castro which stars Julián López, Michelle Jenner, Elena Irureta, and María Ramos. Originally known under the title of Casi familia ('Almost Family'), it was retitled and rebranded as a sequel to box-office hits Spanish Affair and Spanish Affair 2.

Plot

Upon the death of rich Cantabrian canning businessman José María, José María's widow Carmen, daughter Begoña, and Begoña's ex Guillermo, travel to Essaouira to recover the patriarch's first fishing vessel. Amid cultural clashes, they find out about José María's secret daughter in Morocco, Hamida.[3][4]

Cast

Production

The film is a Telecinco Cinema, Lazona, Pris&Batty and Toto Films AIE production and it had the participation of Mediaset España, Movistar Plus+, and Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group, and financial backing from ICAA.[6] It was shot in between Morocco (Essaouira), Cantabria (San Vicente de la Barquera), and Madrid.[4][3] The film was lensed by Sergi Gallardo, edited by Raúl de Torres, and scored by Vanessa Garde.[7] It boasted a budget of around €5.5 million.[8]

Release

Distributed by Universal Pictures International Spain,[9] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 1 December 2023. It had a domestic box-office gross over €1.68 million in its opening weekend, good for the 2nd largest debut for a Spanish film in 2023, but trailing well below the figures of its predecessors.[10] The film generated an online bashing by users taking chance to convey an "anti-Woke" and racist message, elliding the questioning of the film on its cinematographic merits.[11]

Reception

Alberto Corona of eldiario.es concluded that the film "is bad even by its miserable standards, but that is not the worst part: the worst part is that we have yet to suffer through many similar films".[12]

Fran Chico of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, citing Irureta's performance as a positive point, while writing that the film is "it is still [no more than] a romantic comedy for quick consumption".[13]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 37 points ('bad'), deeming it to be less fun than its predecessors.[14]

Luis Martínez of El Mundo rated the film with 2 stars, writing that the film "laughs at the Spanish right. Or so its pretends", but lamenting that it attempts to be humorous "without hurting; scratching the conscience, but without drawing blood".[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Acumulado cine español 2023" (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Hopewell, John (30 October 2023). "Filmax Snags 'A Moroccan Affair,' the Third Part in Spain's Most Successful Movie Franchise in History (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Jiménez, Isabel (24 November 2023). "'Ocho apellidos marroquís' llega a la gran pantalla el 1 de diciembre". El Faro de Ceuta.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (27 November 2023). "Los estrenos del 1 de diciembre. 'Ocho apellidos marroquís'. Amor en el sur". Aisge.
  5. 1 2 Casas, Quim (27 November 2023). "Así es 'Ocho apellidos marroquís': la peli que se ríe de la derecha española sin hacer demasiada sangre". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.
  6. ↑ "Regresa la saga más taquillera del cine español con 'Ocho apellidos marroquís'". ABC. 5 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Ocho apellidos marroquís". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ghislain Barrois (Telecinco Cinema): «Para nosotros 'Ocho apellidos marroquís' es la película más importante de la década»". Audiovisual451. 1 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Sánchez Sequera, Marco (28 November 2023). "'Ocho apellidos marroquís' – estreno en cines 1 de diciembre". Audiovisual451.
  10. ↑ "'Ocho apellidos marroquís' corona la taquilla pero lejos de sus predecesoras". Cadena COPE. 4 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Chico, Fran (5 December 2023). "No han entendido nada: por qué las críticas racistas a 'Ocho apellidos marroquís' hacen que sus chistes funcionen todavía mejor". Fotogramas.
  12. ↑ Corona, Alberto (30 November 2023). "'Ocho apellidos marroquís', un descalabro que evidencia un modelo de producción nocivo". eldiario.es.
  13. ↑ Chico, Fran (1 December 2023). "Crítica de 'Ocho apellidos marroquís': Tras los vascos y los catalanes, llega el turno de los 'cayetanos'". Fotogramas.
  14. ↑ Hernández Luján, Raquel (29 November 2023). "Crítica de Ocho apellidos marroquís: la tercera entrega de la saga". HobbyConsolas.
  15. ↑ Martínez, Luis. "Ocho apellidos marroquís: El rojigualdo es un color o cómo reírse (sin ofender) de la derecha española (**)". El Mundo.
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