The Truth and Other Lies

The Truth and Other Lies
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	El juego de la verdad
Directed by	Álvaro Fernández Armero
Screenplay by	Álvaro Fernández Armero Roberto Santiago
Produced by	Juan Gordon Pau Calpe
Starring	Tristán Ulloa Natalia Verbeke Óscar Jaenada María Esteve
Cinematography	Aitor Mantxola
Edited by	David Pinillos
Music by	Eduardo Arbide
Production companies	Morena Films DeAPlaneta DePalacio
Distributed by	Manga Films
Release date	24 September 2004 (2004-09-24)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Truth and Other Lies (Spanish: El juego de la verdad) is a 2004 Spanish comedy film directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero which stars Tristán Ulloa, Natalia Verbeke, Óscar Jaenada and María Esteve.

Plot

Upon being misdiagnosed with a terminal cancer, Ernesto proposes telling the truth to his girlfriend Lea and his friends Alberto and Susana, confessing that he wishes to bang Susana.[1]

Cast

• Óscar Jaenada as Alberto[2]
• Natalia Verbeke as Susana[2]
• Tristán Ulloa as Ernesto[2]
• María Esteve as Lea[2]

Production

The film was produced by Morena Films, DeAPlaneta and DePalacio and it had the participation of Canal+, Antena 3, Telemadrid, TVC, TVV, TVG, EiTB, TV Canarias, and TV Castilla-La Mancha.[3] Shooting locations included Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4][5]

Release

Distributed by Manga Films,[3] it was released theatrically in Spain on 24 September 2004.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "an attractively unassuming if conventional couples comedy that starts slowly but later warms successfully to its task".[3]

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting the duo consisting of Verbeke and Esteve as the best thing about it while pointing out that the film takes time in finding the right tone.[1]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2004

References

1. Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "El juego de la verdad". Fotogramas.
2. Garzón, Raquel (24 September 2004). "Fernández Armero intercambia parejas y mentiras en 'El juego de la verdad'". El País.
3. Holland, Jonathan (17 October 2004). "The Truth and Other Lies". Variety.
4. "Álvaro Fernández Armero impregna de humor negro «El juego de la verdad»". ABC. 7 April 2004.
5. "Las coproducciones activan los rodajes del cine español". El Periódico de Aragón. Prensa Ibérica. 12 April 2004.