A Boyfriend for My Wife (2008)
- Original title
- Un novio para mi mujer
- Directed by
- Juan Taratuto
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country
- Argentina
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 67 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man hires another guy to date his wife hoping she will leave him. The plan leads to unexpected complications.
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What happens
A Boyfriend for My Wife (Spanish: Un Novio Para Mi Mujer) is a 2008 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Juan Taratuto and starring Adrián 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. Pantelion Films released a Mexican remake called Busco novio para mi mujer in 2016. Patagonik (Argentina) and Picardía Films released a Chilean remake called Se busca novio... para mi mujer in 2017. An Italian remake was also released, titled Un fidanzato per mia moglie, in 2014. An Indian Tamil-language version with the roles reversed, Hey Sinamika, was released in 2022, with dubbed versions in other Indian languages. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Los Superagentes, la nueva generación (2008)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.