''Valentina'' is a

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released in theaters throughout

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, and

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on July 24, 2008. It also had a limited release in the

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later that year. It did very poorly at the foreign and international

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, resulting a

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. It stars Florencia Otero, as the voice of Valentina, and

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, as the voice of Fede. It is also

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' first feature film.

Plot

Valentina is being told the story of how her grandmother got her first kiss Valentina dreams about her first kiss and how she'll fall in love without a doubt just like her grandmother said the next day at school new kid Mati catches the eyes of Valen and soon asks her out to a party though one of friends Fede try's to ask her out though doesn't have the courage when Mati asked her to a party they go but soon Valen soon realizes what a jerk he really is and when fedes cousin shows up thinking he's her girlfriend she realizes he's the one he should have been with at the bonfire for the end of spring Valen confesses her feeling for fedes and tells her his girlfriend is just his cousin they kiss and Valens girlfriends sing a song Spanish style and Valens puppy barks happily

Cast

*Florencia Otero as Valentina *

as Fede *Lucila Gómez as Sammy *Natalí Pérez as Andy *Gastón D' Angelo as Nacho *Nicolás Maiques as Lucas *Mariano Chiesa as Matías/Director/Dark *Jimena Domínguez as Lucero *Luciana Falcón as Abuela/Maestra *Valeria Gómez as Mamá de Fede

Release

It opened in various theaters throughout

and

on July 10, 2008.

Box office

This film opened at #11 on its opening weekend, earning $72,835

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($340,782

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). It became a box office failure at the foreign and international box office. It grossed $631,182 worldwide.

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