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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
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
- 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
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
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
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
References
- 1 2 Jimeno, Diego (7 August 2020). "'Un buen novio', con Natalia Verbeke, en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". Diez Minutos.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 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.