A Boyfriend for My Wife

Un Novio Para Mi Mujer (English: A Boyfriend For My Wife) is a blockbuster[1] 2008 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Juan Taratuto and starring Adrián Suar, Valeria Bertuccelli, and Gabriel Goity.[2]

Un novio para mi mujer
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJuan Taratuto
Written byPablo Solarz
StarringAdrián Suar
Valeria Bertuccelli
Gabriel Goity
Edited byPablo Barbieri Carrera
Music byIván Wyszogrod
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 14 August 2008 (2008-08-14)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

It was the highest grossing Argentine film in 2008.[3] In 2009, Warner Bros. bought the rights of the film.[3] A South Korean remake directed by Min Kyu-dong, All About My Wife, was released in 2012.[4] 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 moglie", in 2014.

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

References
  1. ""Un novio para mi mujer", arriba". Clarín (Argentine newspaper). Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  2. "Un novio para mi mujer (2008)". Cinenacional.com. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
  3. ""Un novio para mi mujer", a Hollywood". Clarín (Argentine newspaper). Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  4. "Actress Im’s upcoming film revealed to be Argentinean remake". The Korea Herald. April 5, 2012.


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