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A Boyfriend for My Wife
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Wikipedia article
'A Boyfriend for My Wife' is a blockbuster 2008 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Juan Taratuto and starring Adrin Suar, Valeria Bertuccelli, and Gabriel Goity.
It was the highest grossing Argentine film in 2008. In 2009, Warner Bros. bought the rights of the film. A South Korean remake directed by Min Kyu-dong, 'All About My Wife', was released in 2012.[http://www.koreaherald.com/entertainment/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20120404001277 "Actress Ims upcoming film revealed to be Argentinean remake"]. The Korea Herald. April 5, 2012. 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"[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_fidanzato_per_mia_moglie], in 2014. A remake, Hey Sinamika was released in 2022, with dubbed versions in Malayalam, Telugu and other Indian languages.
Plot
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.
Cast
* Adrin Suar as Diego "Tenso" Polski
* Valeria Bertuccelli as Andrea "Tana" Ferro
* Gabriel Goity as "Cuervo" Flores
* Marcelo Xicarte as Carlos, "Tenso"'s friend
* Luis Herrera as "Negro", "Tenso"'s friend
* Martn Salazar as Gabriel, "Tenso"'s friend
* Oscar Nez as Amlcar
* Benjamn Amadeo as Damin Kepelsky, a local radio station's host and "Tana"'s boss
* Mercedes Morn as the voice of Blanca, a couples therapist
* Julieta Zylberberg as Mara, a receptionist at Kepelsky's radio station
* Violeta Urtizberea as Paola, Carlos' younger wife
* Luca Maciel as Lorena, Paola's sister
* Daniel Casablanca as Marito
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