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film directed by Juan Taratuto and starring

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, and

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. It was the highest grossing Argentine film in 2008. In 2009,

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bought the rights of the film. A South Korean remake directed by

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, ''

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'', was released in 2012.

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released a Mexican remake called '' Busco novio para mi mujer'' in 2016. An Italian remake was also released, called "Un Fidanzato Per Mia Mogile" Un fidanzato per mia moglie, in 2014. An Indian Tamil-language remake,

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was released in 2022, with dubbed versions in

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, Telugu and other Indian languages.

Plot

The film is about "Tenso" (Suar), a timid husband who is fed up with his wife "Tana" (Bertuccelli) who dislikes and complains about everything. He hires "Cuervo" Flores (Goity), a professional

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to seduce Tana, hoping this will make her divorce him. To aid with that seduction, Tenso gets his wife Tana a job at a local radio station where her morning talk show complaining about what she dislikes becomes popular. Cuervo proceeds to try to seduce Tana and professes to Tenso that he has fallen in love with Tana. Tenso confesses to Tana that he had set up the seduction, and she confesses that she has been seduced by the radio station manager. Tenso and Tana proceed with a divorce, and, reconcile before the divorce can be finalized.

Cast

as Diego "Tenso" Polski *

as Andrea "Tana" Ferro *

as "Cuervo" Flores * Marcelo Xicarte as Carlos, "Tenso"'s friend * Luis Herrera as "Negro", "Tenso"'s friend * Martín Salazar as Gabriel, "Tenso"'s friend * Oscar Núñez as Amílcar * Benjamín Amadeo as Damián Kepelsky, a local radio station's host and "Tana"'s boss *

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as the voice of Blanca, a couples therapist * Julieta Zylberberg as María "Mary", a receptionist at Kepelsky's radio station *

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as Paola, Carlos' younger wife * Lucía Maciel as Lorena, Paola's sister * Daniel Casablanca as Marito

Remakes

References

External links

* 2008 films 2000s Spanish-language films 2008 romantic comedy films Films set in Buenos Aires Films shot in Buenos Aires Argentine romantic comedy films Films distributed by Disney 2000s Argentine films {{2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub