''El gran León'' () is a 2017 Peruvian

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film directed by Ricardo Maldonado and written by Marcos Carnevale & Hernan Rebalderia. It stars Carlos Alcántara and

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. It was released on December 28, 2017 in Peruvian theaters. This film is a

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of the

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film ''Corazón de León''.

Synopsis

León Godoy measures one meter thirty-six centimeters and is not intimidated by anyone. Less so before Ivana Cornejo, a beautiful divorced lawyer whom he meets by chance in life and with whom an immediate connection arises. Both must face and combat social prejudices -their own and others-, to verify that great love stories always present themselves in the least imagined ways.

Cast

* Carlos Alcántara as León Godoy *

as Ivana Cornejo * Cristian Rivero as Diego Bisoni * Hernán Romero as Ernesto * Katia Condos as Sabrina * Patricia Portocarrero as Corina * Stefano Tosso as Toto * Martha Figueroa as Adriana

Reception

Box-office

The film brought 45,566 people to theaters on its first day, ending its opening weekend with over 300,000 viewers.

Critical reception

''El Comercio'' negatively criticized the film, saying, "''El gran León'' is the creative laziness of the director, who in most of the film is dedicated to tracing, sometimes shot by shot, the original version... In the original version, the main actor achieves a character full of charm, sympathy, intelligence, and even a share of sadness, melancholic or sentimental reverie more typical of a good classic comedy. Alcántara, on the other hand, without the possibility of going very far with respect to his register of 'stand-up comedy' or of Creole picaresque, looks uncomfortable, limited, wrapped in a character that he does not understand".

References

External links

* 2017 films 2017 romantic comedy films Peruvian romantic comedy films Tondero Producciones films 2010s Peruvian films 2010s Spanish-language films Films set in Peru Films shot in Peru Films about dwarfs Remakes of Argentine films Spanish-language romantic comedy films {{DEFAULTSORT:Gran León, El