''The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant'' () is a 2003 Spanish comedy film directed and written by based on the novel by
Pablo Tusset. It stars Pablo Carbonell alongside Marta Belaustegui,
Nathalie Seseña
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, and
José Coronado
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.
Plot
Full-time slacker Pablo Miralles sets for searching his missing brother Sebastián encouraged by Fina and Gloria.
Cast
Production
The film was produced by Ovideo TV, and it had the participation of Trivideo,
Tricicle
Tricicle () is a physical-comedy group composed of three actors: Joan Gràcia, Francesc (Paco) Mir, and Carles Sans. They founded the company in 1979 to perform brief sketches in streets and alternative venues.
At that time, the three members ...
,
TVE,
Canal+
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, and
TVC.
It boasted a budget of €2.2 million.
Release
Distributed by Lauren Films,
the film was released theatrically in Spain on 21 November 2003.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of ''
Variety
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'' considered that the film "raises an occasional smile but is largely indigestible thanks to the anything-goes plotline, lack of warmth and general derivativeness".
Javier Ocaña
Javier Ocaña (born 1971) is a Spanish film critic.
Life and career
Ocaña was born in 1971 in Martos, province of Jaén. He earned a licentiate degree in law from the University of Granada and a master's degree in journalism from the Autonomo ...
of ''
El País
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'' wrote that the broad-brush comedy is "seasoned with an intrigue plot lacking in interest and a nefarious direction of actors".
See also
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List of Spanish films of 2003
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References
External links
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2003 comedy films
2000s Spanish films
2000s Spanish-language films
Spanish comedy films