''A Perfect Couple'' ( es, Una pareja perfecta, links=no) is a 1998 Spanish comedy film directed by

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from a screenplay by

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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.

Plot

The plot tracks the friendship between a pedantic homosexual poet and an unemployed typographer.

Cast

Production

Written by

, the screenplay is an adaptation of the 1995 novel ''Diario de un jubilado'' by Miguel Delibes. The film is a Lolafilms, Cartel, and Vía Digital production.

Release

The film opened the 1st

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in May 1998. Distributed by Columbia Tri-Star Films de España, it was released theatrically in Spain on 12 June 1998.

Reception

Casimiro Torreiro of ''

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'' 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".

Accolades

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References

{{authority control Films about friendship 1990s Spanish films 1990s Spanish-language films 1998 comedy films Spanish comedy films Spanish LGBT-related films Spanish-language comedy films Films scored by Roque Baños Films based on Spanish novels Films based on works by Miguel Delibes LolaFilms films Films with screenplays by Rafael Azcona 1998 LGBT-related films