A Boyfriend for My Wife (Spanish: Un Novio Para Mi Mujer) is a blockbuster[1] 2008 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Juan Taratuto and starring Adrián Suar, Valeria Bertuccelli, and Gabriel Goity.[2]
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Spanish | Un novio para mi mujer |
Directed by | Juan Taratuto |
Written by | Pablo Solarz |
Starring | Adrián Suar Valeria Bertuccelli Gabriel Goity |
Edited by | Pablo Barbieri Carrera |
Music by | Iván Wyszogrod |
Production companies | Patagonik Film Group Buena Vista International |
Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Argentina |
Language | Spanish |
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. An Italian remake was also released, called "Un Fidanzato Per Mia Mogile", in 2014. A remake, Hey Sinamika was released in 2022, with dubbed versions in Malayalam, Telugu and other Indian languages.
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 his wife 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, and, reconcile before the divorce can be finalized.
Year | Film | Language | Director | Cast |
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2012 | All About My Wife | Korean | Min Kyu-dong | Im Soo-jung, Lee Sun-kyun and Ryu Seung-ryong |
2014 | Un Fidanzato Per Mia Mogile | Italian | Davide Marengo | Geppi Cucciari, Paolo Kessisoglu and Luca Bizzarri |
2016 | Busco novio para mi mujer | Mexican Spanish | Enrique Begne | Sandra Echeverría, Arath de la Torre and Jesús Ochoa (actor) |
2018 | Kế hoạch đổi chồng | Vietnamese | Trần Nhân Kiên | Hoàng Yến Chibi, Quang Đăng, and Trương Thanh Long |
2022 | Hey Sinamika | Tamil | Brinda (choreographer) | Dulquer Salmaan, Aditi Rao Hydari and Kajal Aggarwal |
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