Música en espera (''

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'') is an Argentine

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film starring Natalia Oreiro and

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. It premiered on March 19, 2009, and was the most seen movie in its starting week.‘Música en espera’ fue la película más vista en cines argentinos

Plot

The story starts with

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Ezequiel having only a few days left to prepare the

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of a movie in production. He calls his bank, to request a delay in his debt payment and is transferred from one office to another. When he is transferred to employee Paula's office he finds the inspiration he needs to finish his score in her

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. However, he only hears it briefly. Paula is 9-months

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and was left by her boyfriend Santiago early in her pregnancy. Her mother, deceived by Paula into thinking that she is still with her boyfriend, arrives from

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in order to meet him and be present at the birth. Ezequiel meets Paula at the bank. After they talk about his debt he requests to hear her hold music, but finds a different song playing as the songs are randomly assigned each day. He and Paula make a deal: he will pretend to be Santiago in front of Paula's mother while she helps him to locate the music. After many failed attempts he never does find the inspiring hold music, but instead finds inspiration during Paula's birth. He successfully composes the soundtrack. Ezequiel and Paula finally become a couple.

Cast

as Ezequiel Font * Natalia Oreiro as Paula Otero * Norma Aleandro as Juana *

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as Isidoro Goldberg *

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as Acosta *

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as Viviana * Atilio Pozzobón as Taxi driver * María Ucedo as Mariana * Elvira Villariño as Mirta *

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as Nicolás *

Luz Cipriota María Luz Cipriota (born September 6, 1985), known professionally as Luz Cipriota, is an Argentine actress, classic dancer and model. Career She began her career as a film actress in 2006 starring in the film Deficit, directed by Gael Garc� ...

as Woman in film

References

2000s Spanish-language films Argentine romantic comedy films 2009 romantic comedy films 2000s pregnancy films 2009 films Films shot in Buenos Aires Argentine pregnancy films 2000s Argentine films Spanish-language romantic comedy films {{2000s-Argentina-film-stub