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Spanish | Una pareja perfecta |
Directed by | Francesc Betriu |
Screenplay by | Rafael Azcona |
Based on | Diario de un jubilado by Miguel Delibes |
Produced by | Andrés Vicente Gómez |
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Cinematography | Carlos Suárez |
Edited by | Nicholas Wentworth |
Music by | Roque Baños |
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Distributed by | Columbia Tri-Star Films de España |
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Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
A Perfect Couple (Spanish: Una pareja perfecta) is a 1998 Spanish comedy film directed by Francesc Betriu from a screenplay by Rafael Azcona based on the novel Diario de un jubilado by Miguel Delibes which stars Antonio Resines and José Sazatornil "Saza". The film proved to be a critical failure and a commercial flop.[1]
The plot tracks the friendship between a pedantic homosexual poet and an unemployed typographer.[2]
Written by Rafael Azcona, the screenplay is an adaptation of the 1995 novel Diario de un jubilado by Miguel Delibes.[6] The film is a Lolafilms, Cartel, and Vía Digital production.[7]
The film opened the 1st Málaga Film Festival in May 1998.[2] Distributed by Columbia Tri-Star Films de España,[8] it was released theatrically in Spain on 12 June 1998.[3]
Casimiro Torreiro of El País wrote that "the film is not a marvel, but among its images there emerges at least a dignity of well-practiced craft that saves it from ridicule".[9]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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1998 |
1st Málaga Film Festival | Best Actress | Kiti Mánver | Won | [10] |