''Cha-cha-chá'' is a 1998 Spanish madcap comedy film directed by

Antonio del Real Antonio del Real is a Spanish film director, actor and screenwriter. Partial filmography Director * ''El río que nos lleva'' (1989) * ''Cha-cha-chá (1998 film), Cha-cha-chá (1998) * ''La mujer de mi vida (2001 film), Mujer de mi vida, La'' (2 ...

. It stars Eduardo Noriega,

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María Adánez María Adánez Almenara (12 March 1976) is a Spanish actress, director, writer and producer. Career Adánez's most popular works include ''Pepa y Pepe'', ''Farmacia de guardia'', ''Aquí no hay quien viva,'' and ''La que se avecina''. She is now ...

and Jorge Sanz.

Plot

María is in a relationship with Pablo, whom longtime María's friend Lucía gets infatuated with after sleeping one night with him. Lucía enlists the services of Antonio, a lower-class wannabe male model, to seduce María "away" from Pablo.

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Fernando León and Carlos Asorey alongside Antonio del Real. The film was produced by Sogetel in collaboration with

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, and it also had participation of

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. Juan Amorós was responsible for the cinematography whereas Pablo Miyar was responsible for the music and Miguel Angel Santamaría for film editing. César Benítez took over production duties.

Release

The film received a pre-screening in

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. Distributed by Sogepaq, it was theatrically released on 10 July 1998. The film proved to be one of the biggest hits in the Spanish box office in 1998. As of November 1998, it had grossed around 285 million ₧, good for a third position in the ranking of Spanish films up to that point.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of ''

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'' deemed the "swiftly paced but largely routine" Antonio del Real's film to be a "by-the-book relationships movie about twentysomething love".

References

Bibliography

* {{authority control 1998 comedy films 1998 films Spanish comedy films 1990s Spanish-language films 1990s Spanish films