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''Anything You Want'' () is a 2010 Spanish
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film directed and written by
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. The cast features
Juan Diego Botto Juan Diego Botto Rota (born 29 August 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish film, stage and television actor. Born in Argentina, he moved to Spain together with his mother (the actress and acting coach Cristina Rota) in 1978. Following early film appe ...
, José Luis Gómez, Ana Risueño,
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,
Najwa Nimri Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea (; born 14 February 1972) is a Spanish actress and singer. In 1996, Nimri formed the musical duo ''Najwajean'' along with producer Carlos Jean, launching ''No Blood'', an early instance of a trip-hop album in Spain. S ...
and Lucía Fernández.


Plot

Alicia, the
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of the Velasco family, dies in the wake of a
seizure A seizure is a sudden, brief disruption of brain activity caused by abnormal, excessive, or synchronous neuronal firing. Depending on the regions of the brain involved, seizures can lead to changes in movement, sensation, behavior, awareness, o ...
, leaving her widowed husband Leo (a
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and
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) in charge of the 4 year-old Dafne. With support from Alex (a client), Pedro (a business associate) and Marta (a former girlfriend), Leo does his best to take care of his daughter. In order to please young Dafne, Leo is not averse to
cross-dressing Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender. From as early as pre-modern history, cross-dressing has been practiced in order to disguise, comfort, entertain, and express onesel ...
as a mother.


Cast


Production

The film was produced by Bellatrix Films and Todo lo que tú quieras AIE, with the participation of TVE. Shooting took place in Madrid and lasted for seven weeks. Shooting locations in Madrid included the
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,
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, and
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districts. David Omedes took over cinematography duties.


Release

Distributed by Wanda Vision, ''Anything You Want'' was theatrically released in Spain on 10 September 2010. The film was also added to the lineup of the 35th Toronto International Film Festival's Contemporary World Cinema section.


Reception

Andrea G. Bermejo of ''
Cinemanía ''Cinemanía'' is a monthly film magazine based in Madrid, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost po ...
'' scored 4 out of 5 stars, deeming ''Anything You Want'' to be "an extremely risky film" (starting by the cast of a 4-year-old girl in a non-supporting role), considering the parent-child relationship featured in the film to be a "luminous" counterpart to the one present in '' Pellet'', likewise writing that working mothers would love the film. Pere Vall of ''
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'' also gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, assessing the risk (taken) and Juan Diego Botto to be the best things about the film, considering that the story grows as it sidesteps writing tropes, building its "own indomitable personality". Jonathan Holland of ''
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'' deemed the film to be "a searching, quietly subversive inquiry into family gender roles".


Accolades

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See also

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List of Spanish films of 2010 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2010. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured. Films Box office The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 2010, by domestic box offic ...


References

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