The Truth and Other Lies

The Truth and Other Lies (Spanish: El juego de la verdad) is a 2004 Spanish comedy film directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero which stars Tristán Ulloa, Natalia Verbeke, Óscar Jaenada and María Esteve.

The Truth and Other Lies
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl juego de la verdad
Directed byÁlvaro Fernández Armero
Screenplay by
  • Álvaro Fernández Armero
  • Roberto Santiago
Produced by
  • Juan Gordon
  • Pau Calpe
Starring
CinematographyAitor Mantxola
Edited byDavid Pinillos
Music byEduardo Arbide
Production
companies
Distributed byManga Films
Release date
  • 24 September 2004 (2004-09-24)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Upon being misdiagnosed from a terminal cancer, Ernesto proposes telling the truth to his girlfriend Lea and his friends Alberto and Susana, confessing that he wishes to bang Susana.[1]

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Morena Films, DeAPlaneta and DePalacio and it had the participation of Canal+, Antena 3, Telemadrid, TVC, TVV, TVG, EiTB, TV Canarias, and TV Castilla-La Mancha.[3] Shooting locations included Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4][5]

Release

Distributed by Manga Films,[3] it was released theatrically in Spain on 24 September 2004.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "an attractively unassuming if conventional couples comedy that starts slowly but later warms successfully to its task".[3]

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting the duo consisting of Verbeke and Esteve as the best thing about it while pointing out that the film takes time in finding the right tone.[1]

See also

References
  1. Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "El juego de la verdad". Fotogramas.
  2. Garzón, Raquel (24 September 2004). "Fernández Armero intercambia parejas y mentiras en 'El juego de la verdad'". El País.
  3. Holland, Jonathan (17 October 2004). "The Truth and Other Lies". Variety.
  4. "Álvaro Fernández Armero impregna de humor negro «El juego de la verdad»". ABC. 7 April 2004.
  5. "Las coproducciones activan los rodajes del cine español". El Periódico de Aragón. Prensa Ibérica. 12 April 2004.
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