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Directed by | Antonio del Real |
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Produced by | César Benítez |
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Cinematography | Juan Amorós |
Edited by | Miguel A. Santamaría |
Music by | Pablo Miyar |
Production company | Sogetel |
Distributed by | Sogepaq |
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Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Cha-cha-chá is a 1998 Spanish madcap comedy film directed by Antonio del Real. It stars Eduardo Noriega, Ana Álvarez, María Adánez and Jorge Sanz.
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. [1] [2] [3]
The screenplay was penned by Fernando León and Carlos Asorey alongside Antonio del Real. [3] [1] The film was produced by Sogetel in collaboration with Tele 5, [1] and it also had participation of Canal+. [5] Juan Amorós was responsible for the cinematography whereas Pablo Miyar was responsible for the music and Miguel Angel Santamaría for film editing. [6] [3] César Benítez took over production duties. [3]
The film received a pre-screening in Bilbao. [4] Distributed by Sogepaq, [3] it was theatrically released on 10 July 1998. [7] The film proved to be one of the biggest hits in the Spanish box office in 1998. [8] 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. [9]
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the "swiftly paced but largely routine" Antonio del Real's film to be a "by-the-book relationships movie about twentysomething love". [3]