8 Dates
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{{Infobox film
| image = 8 Dates poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| starring = {{Plain list|
- 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
| editing = David Pinillos
| music =
| director = {{ubl|Peris Romano|Rodrigo Sorogoyen}}
| writer = {{ubl|Peris Romano|Rodrigo Sorogoyen}}
| country = Spain
| studio = {{ubl|Impala|Tesela PC}}
| distributor = Alta Classics
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|8 citas|nolink=yes}}
| released = {{Film date|2008|04|10|df=yes|Málaga|2008|04|18|Spain}}
| language = Spanish
}}
8 Dates ({{langx|es|8 citas|links=no}}) 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.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2008/04/06/eps/1207463209_850215.html|website=El País|title=Jóvenes, guapos y pendientes de una cita|first=Manuel|last=Cuéllar|date=6 April 2008}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Fernando Tejero as Antonio{{Cite web|url=https://infoicaa.mecd.es/CatalogoICAA/Caratulas/12207/58/P12207.pdf|publisher=ICAA|website=Catálogo ICAA|title=8 citas|access-date=10 August 2022}}
- Belén López as Sofía
- José Luis García Pérez as Rafa
- Raúl Arévalo as Jesús
- Cecilia Freire as Nuria
- Javier Rey as Pablo
- Marta Nieto as María
- Jesús Caba as Edu
- Ana Wagener as Maite
- Verónica Echegui as Vane
- {{ill|Jordi Vilches|es}} as Juan
- Marta Hazas as Cris
- {{ill|Alfonso Bassave|es}} as Alfonso
- Melanie Olivares as Natalia
- Jesús Olmedo as Dani
- {{ill|María Ballesteros (actress)|es|María Ballesteros|lt=María Ballesteros}} as Ana
- Arturo Valls as Sergi
- Miguel Ángel Solá as Fernando
- Adriana Ozores as Rosa
- Javier Pereira as Jose
- Raquel Pérez as Manoli
- Belén Rueda as Elena
- Maxi Iglesias
- Alicia Rubio{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/malaga-00356/noticia-malaga-festival-peris-romano-rodrigo-sorogoyen-presentan-citas-comedia-coral-amor-20080410163131.html|website=Europa Press|title=Málaga.- Festival.- Peris Romano y Rodrigo Sorogoyen presentan '8 citas', una comedia coral sobre el amor|date=10 April 2010}}
- {{ill|Gabriel Chame Buendia|es|lt=Gabriel Chamé}}
- Jesús Guzmán
- Tzeitel Rodríguez
- Daniel Muriel
- Jorge Ventosa
- {{ill|Aroa Gimeno|es}}
- Nuria Ansón
- Enrique Asenjo
- Silma López
}}
Production
The screenplay was penned by the helmers Peris Romano and Rodrigo Sorogoyen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/1362/8-citas-una-comedia-enredo/|website=ecartelera|title='8 citas', una comedia de enredo|date=14 April 2008|first=Óscar|last=Martínez}} The film was produced by Impala and Tesela and it had the participation of TVE and Canal+. Shooting locations included the province of Segovia.{{Cite journal|url=https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/filmhistoria/article/view/32658/32434/78230|journal=Filmhistoria Online|page=27|volume=30|title=Castilla y León, un escenario de cine|first=María|last=Marcos Ramos|publisher=University of Barcelona|location=Barcelona|doi=10.1344/fh.2020.1.19-34|year=2020}}
Release
The film was selected for the Málaga Film Festival's official selection, premiering on 10 April 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.malagahoy.es/festival-cine-malaga/Festival-Malaga-enfila-Pretextos-citas_0_139486054.html|website=Málaga Hoy|title=El Festival de Málaga enfila su recta final con 'Pretextos' y '8 citas'|date=10 April 2008|publisher=Grupo Joly}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariosur.es/20080411/cultura/citas-narra-humor-etapas-20080411.html|website=Diario Sur|publisher=Grupo Vocento|date=11 April 2008|first=Regina|last=Sotorrío|title='8 citas' narra con humor las etapas de las relaciones de pareja}} Distributed by Alta Classics, 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".{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/reviews/8-dates-1200535035/|website=Variety|date=21 April 2008|title=8 Dates|first=Jonathan|last=Holland}}
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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/8-citas-17962/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=8 citas|date=18 April 2008|first=Irene|last=Crespo}}
See also
References
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Category:Films shot in the province of Segovia
Category:Spanish romantic comedy films
Category:2000s Spanish-language films