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A Boyfriend for My Wife

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A Boyfriend for My Wife
Theatrical release poster
SpanishUn novio para mi mujer
Directed byJuan Taratuto
Written byPablo Solarz
StarringAdrián Suar
Valeria Bertuccelli
Gabriel Goity
Edited byPablo Barbieri Carrera
Music byIván Wyszogrod
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 14 August 2008 (2008-08-14)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

A Boyfriend for My Wife (Spanish: Un Novio Para Mi Mujer) is a 2008 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Juan Taratuto and starring Adrián Suar, Valeria Bertuccelli, and Gabriel Goity.[1][2]

It was the highest grossing Argentine film in 2008.[3] In 2009, Warner Bros. bought the rights of the film.[3] A South Korean remake directed by Min Kyu-dong, All About My Wife, was released in 2012.[4] Pantelion Films released a Mexican remake called Busco novio para mi mujer in 2016. Patagonik (Argentina) and Picardía Films released a Chilean remake called Se busca novio… para mi mujer in 2017. An Italian remake was also released, titled Un fidanzato per mia moglie, in 2014. An Indian Tamil-language version with the roles reversed, Hey Sinamika, was released in 2022, with dubbed versions in Malayalam, Telugu and other Indian languages.

Plot

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The film is about "Tenso" (Suar), a timid husband who is fed up with his wife "Tana" (Bertuccelli) who dislikes and complains about everything. He hires "Cuervo" Flores (Goity), a professional Casanova to seduce Tana, hoping this will make her divorce him. To aid with that seduction, Tenso gets Tana a job at a local radio station where her morning talk show complaining about what she dislikes becomes popular. Cuervo proceeds to try to seduce Tana and professes to Tenso that he has fallen in love with Tana. Tenso confesses to Tana that he had set up the seduction, and she confesses that she has been seduced by the radio station manager. Tenso and Tana proceed with a divorce, but reconcile before the divorce can be finalized.

Cast

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  • Adrián Suar as Diego "Tenso" Polski
  • Valeria Bertuccelli as Andrea "Tana" Ferro
  • Gabriel Goity as "Cuervo" Flores
  • Marcelo Xicarte as Carlos, "Tenso"'s friend
  • Luis Herrera as "Negro", "Tenso"'s friend
  • Martín Salazar as Gabriel, "Tenso"'s friend
  • Oscar Núñez as Amílcar
  • Benjamín Amadeo as Damián Kepelsky, a local radio station's host and "Tana"'s boss
  • Mercedes Morán as the voice of Blanca, a couples therapist
  • Julieta Zylberberg as María, a receptionist at Kepelsky's radio station
  • Violeta Urtizberea as Paola, Carlos' younger wife
  • Lucía Maciel as Lorena, Paola's sister
  • Daniel Casablanca as Marito

Remakes

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Year Film Language Director
2012 All About My Wife Korean Min Kyu-dong
2014 Un fidanzato per mia moglie Italian Davide Marengo
2016 Busco novio para mi mujer Mexican Spanish Enrique Begne
2017 Se busca novio… para mi mujer Chilean Spanish Diego Rougier
2018 Kế hoạch đổi chồng Vietnamese Trần Nhân Kiên
2022 Hey Sinamika Tamil Brinda (choreographer)

References

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  1. ^ "Un novio para mi mujer (2008)". Cinenacional.com. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
  2. ^ ""Un novio para mi mujer", arriba". Clarín (Argentine newspaper). 2 September 2008. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  3. ^ a b ""Un novio para mi mujer", a Hollywood". Clarín (Argentine newspaper). 9 July 2009. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  4. ^ Lee, Claire (2012-04-04). "Actress Im's upcoming film revealed to be Argentinean remake". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
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