8 Dates

8 Dates
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	8 citas
Directed by	Peris Romano Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Written by	Peris Romano Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Starring	Raúl Arévalo Verónica Echegui José Luis Gª Pérez Adriana Ozores Belén Rueda Miguel Ángel Solá Fernando Tejero Jordi Vilches Arturo Valls Ana Wagener
Cinematography	Juan Hernández
Edited by	David Pinillos
Production companies	Impala Tesela PC
Distributed by	Alta Classics
Release dates	10 April 2008 (2008-04-10) (Málaga) 18 April 2008 (2008-04-18) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

8 Dates (Spanish: 8 citas) is a 2008 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Peris Romano and Rodrigo Sorogoyen which features an ensemble cast of actors.

Plot

The plot, split in 8 parts, concerns about 8 romantic vignettes depicting the evolution of 8 couple relationships.[1]

Cast

• Fernando Tejero as Antonio[2]
• Belén López as Sofía[2]
• José Luis García Pérez as Rafa[2]
• Raúl Arévalo as Jesús[2]
• Cecilia Freire as Nuria[2]
• Javier Rey as Pablo[2]
• Marta Nieto as María[2]
• Jesús Caba as Edu[2]
• Ana Wagener as Maite[2]
• Verónica Echegui as Vane[2]
• Jordi Vilches [es] as Juan[2]
• Marta Hazas as Cris[2]
• Alfonso Bassave [es] as Alfonso[2]
• Melanie Olivares as Natalia[2]
• Jesús Olmedo as Dani[2]
• María Ballesteros [es] as Ana[2]
• Arturo Valls as Sergi[2]
• Miguel Ángel Solá as Fernando[2]
• Adriana Ozores as Rosa[2]
• Javier Pereira as Jose[2]
• Raquel Pérez as Manoli[2]
• Belén Rueda as Elena[2]
• Maxi Iglesias[1]
• Alicia Rubio[3]
• Gabriel Chamé [es][3]
• Jesús Guzmán[3]
• Tzeitel Rodríguez[3]
• Daniel Muriel[3]
• Jorge Ventosa[3]
• Aroa Gimeno [es][3]
• Nuria Ansón[3]
• Enrique Asenjo[3]
• Silma López[3]

Production

The screenplay was penned by the helmers Peris Romano and Rodrigo Sorogoyen.[4] The film was produced by Impala and Tesela and it had the participation of TVE and Canal+.[5] Shooting locations included the province of Segovia.[6]

Release

The film was selected for the Málaga Film Festival's official selection, premiering on 10 April 2008.[7][8] Distributed by Alta Classics,[5] it was theatrically released in Spain on 18 April 2008.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "an above-average if over-derivative Spanish laffer" which "has fun written all over it and contains more than its share of astute observational comedy, but too often mistakes laffs for the merely absurd".[5]

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars, comparing it to a mix of Love Actually and Escenas de matrimonio, considering that the hook consisting of the extended cast full of known faces "gets lost along the way and soon [the film] falls into cliché, clumsy and predictable love situations".[9]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2008

References

1. Cuéllar, Manuel (6 April 2008). "Jóvenes, guapos y pendientes de una cita". El País.
2. "8 citas" (PDF). Catálogo ICAA. ICAA. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
3. "Málaga.- Festival.- Peris Romano y Rodrigo Sorogoyen presentan '8 citas', una comedia coral sobre el amor". Europa Press. 10 April 2010.
4. Martínez, Óscar (14 April 2008). "'8 citas', una comedia de enredo". ecartelera.
5. Holland, Jonathan (21 April 2008). "8 Dates". Variety.
6. Marcos Ramos, María (2020). "Castilla y León, un escenario de cine". Filmhistoria Online. 30. Barcelona: University of Barcelona: 27. doi:10.1344/fh.2020.1.19-34.
7. "El Festival de Málaga enfila su recta final con 'Pretextos' y '8 citas'". Málaga Hoy. Grupo Joly. 10 April 2008.
8. Sotorrío, Regina (11 April 2008). "'8 citas' narra con humor las etapas de las relaciones de pareja". Diario Sur. Grupo Vocento.
9. Crespo, Irene (18 April 2008). "8 citas". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.