Join Me for Breakfast
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{{Infobox film
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|ca|Esmorza amb mi|nolink=yes}}
| image = Join Me for Breakfast poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Iván Morales
| producer = {{ubl|Miriam Porté|Àngels Masclans|Roger Torras}}
| writer = {{ubl|Iván Morales|Almudena Monzó}}
| based_on = {{Based on|Esmorza amb mi (play)|Iván Morales}}
| released = {{Film date|2025|03|16|Málaga|2025|06|12|Spain|df=yes}}
| starring = {{ubl|Anna Alarcón|Iván Massagué|Álvaro Cervantes|Marina Salas|Oriol Pla}}
| country = Spain
| studio = {{ubl|Distinto Films|Dos Soles Media|WKND}}
| cinematography = Agnès Piqué Corbera
| editing = Jaume Martí
| music = {{ubl|Lia Kali|Nora Haddad Casadevall|Nara Is Neus}}
| distributor = Filmax
| language = Catalan
}}
Join Me for Breakfast{{Cite web|url=https://www.cultura.gob.es/cultura/areas/cine/mc/spanish-kaleidoscope/films/winter-spring-2025/join-me-for-breakfast.html|website=Spanish Kaleidoscope|title=Join Me For Breakfast [Esmorza amb mi] [Desayuna conmigo]|date=11 February 2025|publisher=Ministerio de Cultura}} ({{langx|ca|Esmorza amb mi|links=no}}) is a 2025 Spanish drama film directed by {{ill|Iván Morales (actor)|es|lt=Iván Morales}} based on his own play. It stars Anna Alarcón, Iván Massagué, Álvaro Cervantes, and Marina Salas.
The film world premiered at the 28th Málaga Film Festival ahead of its 12 June 2025 theatrical release in Spain by Filmax.
Plot
Natàlia, a single mother shooting a documentary about the lack of affection in El Raval, ends up in a wheel chair due to an accident, coming across her former friend Salva (a drug trafficker turned nurse), Salva's partner Carlota (a woman coming back from a period of excesses), and Omar (a musician undergoing a creative crisis eeking out a living with advertising jingles).{{Cite web|website=Time Out|date=11 June 2025|first=Àlex|last=Montoya|title='Esmorza amb mi', la película que te anima a creer en el amor después del amor|url=https://www.timeout.es/barcelona/es/noticias/esmorza-amb-mi-la-pelicula-que-te-anima-a-creer-en-el-amor-despues-del-amor-061125}}
Cast
- {{ill|Anna Alarcón|ca}} as Natàlia{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/imprimir.php?v=los-estrenos-del-12-de-junio-esmorza-amb-mi|website=Aisge|title=Los estrenos del 12 de junio. 'Esmorza amb mi' (Desayuna conmigo). El camino propio|date=10 June 2025|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués}}
- Iván Massagué as Salva
- Marina Salas as Carlota
- Álvaro Cervantes as Omar
- Oriol Pla as Magma
Production
The film is a Distinto Films, Medina Vilalta & Partners, WKND, Dos Soles Media, and Tartar Films production.{{Cite web|website=Audiovisual451|title=‘Esmorza amb mi (Desayuna conmigo)’ – estreno en cines 12 de junio|date=9 June 2025|first=Marco|last=Sánchez Sequera|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/esmorza-amb-mi-desayuna-conmigo-estreno-en-cines-12-de-junio/}} Shooting locations included Barcelona and Terrassa.
Release
The film premiered in the 'Zonazine' section of the 28th Málaga Film Festival on 16 March 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://festivaldemalaga.com/actualidad/ver-noticia/?id=2471|website=festivaldemálaga|date=16 March 2025|title=Iván Morales presenta en el Festival de Málaga ‘Esmorza amb mi (Desayuna conmigo)’, una historia que ha tardado 20 años en sacar adelante}} It also screened at the {{ill|D'A Film Festival Barcelona|ca}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20250401/ivan-morales-esmorza-amb-mi-festival-da-115941182|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|date=1 April 2025|title=Iván Morales: "El turismo de clase es una tendencia muy extendida en el cine catalán"|first=Rafael|last=Tapounet|publisher=Prensa Ibérica}} Distributed by Filmax, it was released theatrically in Spain on 12 June 2025.
Reception
Javier Ocaña of El País positively mentioned that the film confirmed the "estimable" average level of recent Spanish film debuts, even if sometimes its physical and verbal exaggerations somewhat blurry its delicacy.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2025-06-13/esmorza-amb-mi-valiosa-radiografia-del-desamor-en-tiempos-descreidos.html|website=El País|title=‘Esmorza amb mi’: valiosa radiografía del desamor en tiempos descreídos |date=13 June 2025|first=Javier|last=Ocaña|author-link=Javier Ocaña}}
Begoña Piña of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, declaring it a story that is easy to empathize with.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-esmorza-amb-mi-historias-corrientes-personas-bondad-5719730/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|first=Begoña|last=Piña|date=9 June 2025|title=Crítica de 'Esmorza amb mi': historias corrientes de personas que buscan la bondad}}
Jordi Batlle Caminal of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, positively citing the "phenomenal" performances delivered by the cast while citing the "weak" subplot pertaining Cervantes' character as a negative point.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a65033184/esmorza-amb-mi-critica-pelicula/|website=Fotogramas|title="La comedia de la vida": Crítica de 'Esmorza amb mi', película para incondicionales de los encuentros y desencuentros|first=Jordi|last=Batlle Caminal|date=13 June 2025}}
See also
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Category:2020s Catalan-language films
Category:Films shot in Barcelona
Category:Films shot in the province of Barcelona
Category:Films set in Barcelona
Category:Spanish films based on plays
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