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With or Without Love

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With or Without Love
Spanish theatrical release poster
SpanishUna hora más en Canarias
Directed byDavid Serrano
Written by
  • Olga Iglesias
  • David Serrano
Produced byTomás Cimadevilla
Starring
CinematographyCarlos Ferro
Edited byNacho Ruiz Capillas
Music byErnesto Millán
Production
companies
  • Telespan 2000
  • Lazona
  • Dynamo
Distributed by
  • Vértice Cine (es)
  • UIP (co)
Release dates
  • 23 April 2010 (2010-04-23) (Málaga)
  • 16 July 2010 (2010-07-16) (Spain)
  • 5 August 2011 (2011-08-05) (Colombia)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Colombia
LanguageSpanish

With or Without Love (released as Una hora más en Canarias in Spain and Con amor y sin amor in Colombia) is a 2010 Spanish-Colombian screwball musical comedy film directed by David Serrano and written by Olga Iglesias and Serrano which stars Quim Gutiérrez, Angie Cepeda, Juana Acosta, and Miren Ibarguren.

Plot

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Married Claudia, dumped by lover Pablo for Elena, wants to win Pablo back, with help from sister Mónica, without factoring in the possibility of the latter also falling for Pablo.[1][2]

Cast

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Production

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The film is a Telespan 2000, Lazona, and Dynamo [es] Spanish-Colombian co-production with the participation of TVE and Canal+.[1][5] Shooting locations in Tenerife included Garachico, Icod de los Vinos, La Laguna, El Bollullo beach, the Tenerife South Airport, and Buenavista.[6] Cepeda (from Cartagena) and Acosta (from Cali) agreed on both using a Bogotá accent to pass as sisters.[7] It was released theatrically in Colombia on 5 August 2011 by UIP.[8]

Release

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The film premiered at the 13th Málaga Film Festival on 23 April 2010.[9] Distributed by Vértice Cine, it was released theatrically in Spain on 16 July 2010 in 275 screens, with a €262,800 opening weekend.[10] It ended up grossing just over €0.8 million at the Spanish box office.[11]

Reception

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Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the "technically polished, fast-moving screwball musical laffer" to also be a "retrograde hit-and-miss fare with a reheated script, a truly appalling score and many failed gags".[1]

Nando Salvà of El Periódico de Catalunya wrote that the film "fails to balance its aspirations as a romantic comedy with its pedestrian and trite attempts to emulate Howard Hawks' screwball comedies or with its orthopedic musical numbers".[12]

Irene Crespo of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting how Quim Gutiérrez reveals himself as the Hugh Grant of Spanish romantic comedy.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Holland, Jonathan (10 May 2010). "With or Without Love". Variety.
  2. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (22 June 2010). "Una hora más en Canarias". Cineuropa.
  3. ^ a b c Caviaro, Juan Luis (16 July 2010). "Estrenos de cine | 16 de julio | Tom y Cam asaltan los cines". Espinof.
  4. ^ a b c d e "'Una hora más en Canarias', una aproximación al realismo mágico en forma de musical". Europa Press. 22 June 2009.
  5. ^ Ríos Pérez, Sergio (25 September 2009). "David Serrano pone punto y final al rodaje de su tercer largometraje". Cineuropa.
  6. ^ "'Una hora más en Canarias', rodada en Tenerife, competirá en la sección oficial del Festival de Cine de Málaga". 20minutos.es.
  7. ^ "Traición, realismo mágico y humor se mezclan en la película "Una hora más en Canarias" de David Serrano". El Día. Prensa Ibérica. 13 July 2010.
  8. ^ "La coproducción colombo-española "Con amor y sin amor" llega a la cartelera colombiana". Latamcinema. 6 August 2011.
  9. ^ "'Una hora más en Canarias' cierra la sección oficial con bailes, canciones y enredos de pareja". Diario Sur. Grupo Vocento. 23 April 2010.
  10. ^ Brunet, Pau (September 2010). "Pequeñas películas, grandes sorpresas" (PDF). Academia (170). Madrid: Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España: 49. ISSN 1136-8144.
  11. ^ Brunet 2010, p. 49.
  12. ^ Salvà, Nando (16 July 2010). "'Una hora más en Canarias', desequilibrio cómico". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.
  13. ^ Crespo, Irene (16 July 2010). "Una hora más en Canarias". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.