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, and

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Plot

Married Claudia, dumped by lover Pablo for Elena, wants to win Pablo back, with help from sister Mónica, without factoring on the possibility of the latter also falling for Pablo.

Cast

Production

The film is a Telespan 2000, Lazona, and Spanish-Colombian co-production with the participation of TVE and

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. Shooting locations in

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, El Bollullo beach, the

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. Cepeda (from Cartagena) and Acosta (from

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) agreed on both using a

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accent to pass as sisters. It was released theatrically in Colombia on 5 August 2011 by UIP.

Release

The film premiered at the 13th

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on 23 April 2010. Distributed by Vértice Cine, it was released theatrically in Spain on 16 July 2010 in 275 screens, with a €262,800 opening weekend. It ended up grossing just over €0.8 million at the Spanish box office.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of ''

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'' deemed the "technically polished, fast-moving screwball musical laffer" to also be a "retrograde hit-and-miss fare with a reheated script, a truly appalling score and many failed gags". Nando Salvà of ''

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'' wrote that the film "fails to balance its aspirations as a romantic comedy with its pedestrian and trite attempts to emulate

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' screwball comedies or with its orthopedic musical numbers". Irene Crespo of ''

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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting how Quim Gutiérrez reveals himself as the

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of Spanish romantic comedy.

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