2003 Spanish film
| The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant | |
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| Spanish | Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán |
| Directed by | Paco Mir |
| Screenplay by | Paco Mir |
| Based on | Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán by Pablo Tusset |
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| Cinematography | Kiko de la Rica |
| Edited by | Frank Gutiérrez |
| Music by | Pepín Tre |
| Production company | Ovideo TV |
| Distributed by | Lauren Films |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant (Spanish: Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán) is a 2003 Spanish comedy film directed and written by Paco Mir [es] based on the novel by Pablo Tusset. It stars Pablo Carbonell alongside Marta Belaustegui, Nathalie Seseña, and José Coronado.
Plot
Full-time slacker Pablo Miralles sets for searching his missing brother Sebastián encouraged by Fina and Gloria.
Cast
- Pablo Carbonell [es] as Pablo Miralles
- José Coronado as Sebastián Miralles
- Marta Belaustegui [es] as Gloria
- Nathalie Seseña as Fina
- Anna M. Barbany [es] as mother
- Arseni Corsellas as father
- Amparo Valle
- Pep Ferrer as Luigi
- Lola Marceli
- Irene Montalà as Carmela
- André Oumansky as Pierre François
Production
The film was produced by Ovideo TV, and it had the participation of Trivideo, Tricicle, TVE, Canal+, and TVC. It boasted a budget of €2.2 million.
Release
Distributed by Lauren Films, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 21 November 2003.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that the film "raises an occasional smile but is largely indigestible thanks to the anything-goes plotline, lack of warmth and general derivativeness".
Javier Ocaña of El País wrote that the broad-brush comedy is "seasoned with an intrigue plot lacking in interest and a nefarious direction of actors".
See also
References
- ^ "Cine con humor de Tricicle". El País. 21 November 2003.
- ^ "Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán". TV3. 2 February 2009 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (7 December 2003). "The Best Thing That Can Happen To A Croissant". Variety.
- ^ "Lo mejor que le puede pasara un cruasán". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- "Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán · España 2003". Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía. Retrieved 6 November 2024 – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
- Ocaña, Javier (21 November 2003). "Ayuno cinematográfico". El País.