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''Love Expresso'' ( es, Café solo... o con ellas, links=no) is a 2007 Spanish comedy film directed and written by Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo. The cast features Alejo Sauras,
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Plot

The plot concerns the dating experiences of a group of emotionally incompetent males close to their 30s.


Cast


Production

The film was produced by Drive Cine and
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and it had the participation of Telecinco.


Release

The film screened in March 2014 at the 10th
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, where it clinched the Audience Award. It was theatrically released in Spain on 29 June 2007. It performed well at the domestic box office, grossing over €2 million upon the first month of its theatrical run and becoming the highest-grossing Spanish release of the year up to that point.


Reception

Jordi Costa of ''
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'' found the film worrying in terms of its status as a debut feature (insofar it was lacking in any sort of fresh look), presenting instead "four stale sitcom archetypes" crossing paths in a "microcosm inhabited by female clichés and extras in need of motivation". Jonathan Holland of '' Variety'' presented the film as a sort of translation to Spain of American film '' American Pie'', featuring "a couple decent comic scenes and two good perfs" rising "above the pop soundtrack, navel-gazing and scatology".


See also

* List of Spanish films of 2007


References

{{authority control 2007 comedy films 2007 films Spanish comedy films 2000s Spanish-language films Telecinco Cinema films 2000s Spanish films