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The Other Side of the Bed

"El otro lado de la cama" redirects here. For the musical adaptation, see El otro lado de la cama (musical).
The Other Side of the Bed
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl otro lado de la cama
Directed byEmilio Martínez Lázaro
Written byDavid Serrano
Produced by
  • Tomás Cimadevilla
  • José Sáinz de Vicuña
Starring
CinematographyJuan Molina
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
  • Impala
  • Telespan 2000
Distributed byLions Gate Entertainment
Release dates
  • 27 April 2002 (2002-04-27) (Málaga)
  • 5 July 2002 (2002-07-05) (Spain)
Running time
114 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Box office€12.6 million[1]

The Other Side of the Bed (Spanish: El otro lado de la cama) a.k.a. The Wrong Side of the Bed is a 2002 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro and written by David Serrano, which stars Ernesto Alterio, Paz Vega, Guillermo Toledo and Natalia Verbeke alongside Alberto San Juan and María Esteve. A box-office hit, it became the highest-grossing Spanish film in the domestic market in 2002.[2]

Plot

Sex, love, lies, bed-hopping and mistaken identities abound in this pop musical-comedy set in Madrid. The gorgeous Paula breaks up with her boyfriend Pedro in order to continue her affair with Javier. The immature Javier however, is unwilling to break up with his current girlfriend Sonia, or confess to their affair to Pedro, who happens to be his best friend.

Cast

Release

The film screened at the Málaga Film Festival in 2002.[4][5] It was theatrically released in Spain on 5 July 2002.[6]

Sequel

The film was followed three years later by a sequel entitled The 2 Sides of the Bed. Martínez-Lázaro and Serrano return as director and screenwriter while Alterio, Toledo, San Juan, Esteve and de la Rosa all reprise their roles.

Adaptations

In 2004, a musical adaptation of the film was made under the same name; it premiered in Madrid on 16 September.

A French remake entitled Cheating Love [fr; es; uk] (On va s'aimer in French speaking markets) was released in 2006. It was written and directed by Ivan Calbérac [fr; de] and stars Julien Boisselier, Alexandra Lamy, Mélanie Doutey and Gilles Lellouche among others.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 198.
  2. ^ "«El otro lado de la cama», película española más taquillera del año". El Mundo. 13 August 2012.
  3. ^ Caparrós Lera, José María (2005). La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003). Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 198. ISBN 978-84-460-2414-9.
  4. ^ Márquez, Héctor; Torreiro, Casimiro. "'El otro lado de la cama' y 'Smoking Room' copan los premios de Málaga". El País.
  5. ^ "«Al otro lado de la cama», una comedia de enredo en clave musical". abcplay. 2 July 2002.
  6. ^ "«El otro lado de la cama», película española más taquillera del año". El Mundo. 13 August 2002.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_otro_lado_de_la_cama