PREVIEW: The Good Boss (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men), Manolo Solo (Pan’s Labyrinth), Almudena Amor (film debut), Óscar de la Fuente (The Silence of the Marsh), Sonia Almarcha (Amador), Fernando Albizu (Fresh Flesh), Tarik Rmili (Casanegra), Rafa Castejón (The Aura), Celso Bugallo (The Night of the Sunflowers), Francesc Orella (Smoking Room), Martín Páez (film debut), Yaël Belicha (We Are Pregnant), Mara Guil (Summer Rain), Nao Albet (Incidencias), María de Nati (May God Save Us)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Fernando León de Aranoa (A Perfect Day), director, writer, producer; Javier Méndez (Amador) and Jaume Roures (Midnight in Paris), producers; Zeltia Montes (Traces of Sandalwood), composer; Pau Esteve Birba (Caníbal), cinematographer; Vanessa Marimbert (Amar), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Blanco (Bardem) is the charismatic and manipulative boss of a factory that makes weighing-scales, but when he learns that a committee is assessing whether his business is to win an award, he begins to play department heads, employees and interns against each other in order to present his company in the best possible light…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Javier Bardem leads this hilarious Spanish-language business satire, which was nominated for an unprecedented 20 Goya Awards (basically the Oscars of Spain) upon its original local release.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 15TH JULY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

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