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Un buen novio

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Un buen novio
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJesús Delgado
Screenplay byJesús Delgado
Starring
CinematographyTeo Delgado
Edited byPablo Blanco
Music byMario de Benito
Production
companies
  • Cre-Acción Films
  • Adai Films
  • Plot Films
Distributed byLíder Films
Release dates
  • July 1998 (1998-07) (L'Alfàs del Pi)
  • 4 September 1998 (1998-09-04) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

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

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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

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Production

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Jimeno, Diego (7 August 2020). "'Un buen novio', con Natalia Verbeke, en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". Diez Minutos.
  2. ^ a b Román Portas 2003, p. 977.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Benavent 2000, p. 126.
  4. ^ "Un buen novio". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ a b Martínez Torres, Augusto (23 September 1998). "Un policiaco lleno de sexo". El País.
  7. ^ 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.