Polyamory for Dummies

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| image = Polyamory for Dummies poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Poliamor para principiantes|nolink=yes}}

| director = Fernando Colomo

| writer = {{ubl|Marina Maesso|Casandra Macías|Fernando Colomo}}

| producer = Álvaro Longoria

| starring = {{Plain list|

Karra Elejalde
María Pedraza
Quim Àvila
Toni Acosta
Lola Rodríguez
Eduardo Rosa
Cristina Gallego
Luis Bermejo
Inma Cuevas

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| country = {{ubl|Spain|France}}

| studio = {{ubl|Morena Films|Acuerdo de Fluidos AIE|Ran Entertainment}}

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2021|04|20|BCN Film Fest|2021|05|21|Spain}}

| language = Spanish

| distributor = Vértice Cine ({{Abbrv|{{Smallcaps|es}}|Spain}})

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Polyamory for Dummies ({{langx|es|Poliamor para principiantes|links=no}}) is a 2021 Spanish-French romantic comedy film directed by Fernando Colomo which stars Karra Elejalde, María Pedraza, Quim Àvila and Toni Acosta.

Plot

The plot follows Manu, a YouTuber vowing to defend romantic love who falls romantically for Amanda, a free-spirited girl committed to several polyamorous intimate relationships. Manu's plot to be the only love in Amanda's life does not go according to plan.

Cast

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Karra Elejalde as Satur{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/2021/05/21/toni-acosta-las-mujeres-tenemos-una-capacidad-de-adaptacion-brutal-toni-acosta-entrevista-1493820.html|website=Heraldo|date=21 May 2021|first=Alicia G.|last=Arribas|title=Toni Acosta: "Las mujeres tenemos una capacidad de adaptación brutal"}}
María Pedraza as Amanda
Quim Àvila as Manu
Toni Acosta as Tina
Lola Rodríguez as Claudia
Eduardo Rosa as Álex
Cristina Gallego as Marta
Luis Bermejo as Esteban
Inma Cuevas as Berta{{Cite web|url=https://www.lacomarcadepuertollano.com/diario/noticia/2021_05_18/02|website=La Comarca de Puertollano|title=Poliamor para principiantes, coescrita y dirigida por Fernando Colomo (con tráiler)|date=18 May 2021|first=José|last= Belló Aliaga}}
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Production

The screenplay was penned by Fernando Colomo, Casandra Macías-Gago and Marina Maesso.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/butaca/en-rodaje/amor-romantico-frente-20201104135316-ntrc.html|date=4 November 2020|title=Amor romántico frente al poliamor|website=El Correo|author=Boquerini|access-date=2 May 2022|archive-date=5 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105121445/https://www.elcorreo.com/butaca/en-rodaje/amor-romantico-frente-20201104135316-ntrc.html|url-status=dead}} A joint Spanish-French coproduction by Morena Films alongside Acuerdo de Fluidos AIE and Ran Entertainment, it had the participation of Amazon Prime Video, RTVE and Telemadrid, funding from ICAA and support from the Madrid regional administration.{{Cite web|url=https://cineconn.es/fernando-colomo-poliamor-para-principiantes/|website=Cine con Ñ|date=31 March 2021|title='Poliamor para principiantes', la nueva comedia de Colomo, se estrena el 21 de mayo}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/poliamor-para-principiantes-estreno-en-cines-21-de-mayo/|website=Audioviosual451|title='Poliamor para principiantes' – estreno en cines 21 de mayo|date=21 May 2021}}

It was shot in 2020 in locations of Madrid and Extremadura (including Navalmoral de la Mata and the resort-island of Valdecañas).{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiointerior.es/2020/11/07/navalmoral-acoge-el-rodaje-de-poliamor-para-principiantes-ultimo-trabajo-de-fernando-colomo/|website=Radio Interio|date=7 November 2020|title=Navalmoral acoge el rodaje de "Poliamor para principiantes", último trabajo de Fernando Colomo}}

Release

The film screened at the 5th BCN Film Fest on 20 April 2021. Distributed by Vértice Cine, it was theatrically released in Spain on 21 May 2021.

Reception

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 55 out of 100 points, considering the film to be "irregular", even if it featured a couple of hilarious sketches, also assessing that "despite trying to be very open-minded, the film has the classic structure of romantic comedies and feels dated".{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/noticias/critica-poliamor-principiantes-comedia-cuestiona-monogamia-reinvindica-libertad-sexual-plena-867803|website=HobbyConsolas|title=Crítica de Poliamor para principiantes, la comedia que cuestiona la monogamia y reinvindica la libertad sexual plena|date=18 May 2021|first=Raquel|last=Hernández Luján}}

Yago García of Cinemanía scored 3 out of 5 stars, considering that "the film's development is predictable and not all of its jokes work", "but Colomo has made it a likeable work".{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/poliamor-para-principiantes-4710780/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|first=Yago|last=García|date=27 May 2021|title=Poliamor para principiantes}}