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We Need to Talk (2016)

We Need to Talk (2016), directed by David Serrano, starring Hugo Silva and Michelle Jenner.

02/26/2016 BR Comedy 1h 31m

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Nuria is a young girl with a good life, a boyfriend to marry him and a parents who love her, but a problem: she still is married with Jorge. Former CEO, Jorge lives almost in the ruin together his ex boss and friend Lucas. After two years separated, Jorge doesn't forget her, but Nuria tries to ask him files for divorce when she wrongly discovers that Jorge has tried to commit suicide jumping by a window. Feeling responsible by it, Nuria talks with her parents Miguel and Patricia, according cheat Jorge for that he beliefs that they aren't divorced and Miguel didn't lose his company due to the Jorge's bad business inversions that ruined his parents-in-law, in order to get the divorce without pain for anybody. The real problem is what when the lies accumulate, the situation is each time more dangerously out of control.

  • Juan Carlos GómezCinematography
  • David SerranoDirector, Writer
  • Alberto de ToroEditing
  • José Antonio FélezProducer

About the film

We Need to Talk (Spanish: Tenemos que hablar) is a 2016 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by David Serrano from a screenplay by Serrano and Diego San José which stars Michelle Jenner and Hugo Silva alongside Verónica Forqué, Óscar Ladoire, Ernesto Sevilla, and Belén Cuesta.

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We Need to Talk (Spanish: Tenemos que hablar) is a 2016 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by David Serrano from a screenplay by Serrano and Diego San José which stars Michelle Jenner and Hugo Silva alongside Verónica Forqué, Óscar Ladoire, Ernesto Sevilla, and Belén Cuesta.

Plot

The story is set against the backdrop of the Spanish economic crisis and the Preferentes Scandal. Nuria is planning to marry her current partner but she needs the divorce papers from her former partner, Jorge, a total mess of a person. A remarriage screwball comedy ensues.

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Production

The film was produced by Atípica Films and Atresmedia Cine, and it had the participation of Atresmedia and Movistar+. Filming began in Madrid in June 2015.

Release

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures España, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 26 February 2016.

Reception

Javier Ocaña of El País assessed that even if "the possibilities of a good comedy associated with its time can be perceived", "a film needs a plus and this one does not have it", for narrative reasons, for the mise-en-scene, and for technical issues.

Jordi Batlle Caminal of La Vanguardia wrote that "everything is predictable but, miraculously, everything, or almost everything, works with astonishing efficiency", with the film having "the rhythm, the dialogue and retorts of a good comedy.

See also

List of Spanish films of 2016

References

Text from We Need to Talk (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Need_to_Talk_(film)

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What is We Need to Talk about?

We Need to Talk: Nuria is a young girl with a good life, a boyfriend to marry him and a parents who love her, but a problem: she still is married with Jorge. Former CEO, Jorge lives almost in the ruin together his ex boss and friend Lucas. After two years separated, Jorge doesn't forget her, but Nuria tries to ask him files for divorc…

Who directed We Need to Talk?

We Need to Talk was directed by David Serrano in 2016.

Who stars in We Need to Talk?

The cast of We Need to Talk includes Hugo Silva, Michelle Jenner, Ernesto Sevilla, Belén Cuesta and Óscar Ladoire.

How long is We Need to Talk?

We Need to Talk runs for 91 minutes, or 1h31.

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