Pon un hombre en tu vida (1996)

In a swimming pool accident, Juan and Belinda somehow exchange bodies. Juan is coaching a football team for an important match and Belinda is getting married. They agree to co-operate and continue in their new bodies.

Director:

Eva Lesmes

Writers:

Eva Lesmes, Luis Marías,

Stars:

Toni Cantó, Cristina Marcos, Javier Cámara

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Toni Cantó	...	Juan Antonio
Cristina Marcos	...	Belinda
Javier Cámara	...	Miguel
Anabel Alonso	...	Agatha
Raúl Sender	...	Padre
Mercedes Resino	...	Ana
Liberto Rabal	...	Goyo
Pere Ponce	...	Eduardo
Javier Manrique
Carmen Balagué	...	Enfermera UCI
Juan Polanco
Rosa Morales
Vicente Martín
Guillermo Rodríguez
Héctor Dona Vega

Storyline

Juan is an aggressive and loud-mouthed football coach; he is at a luxury hotel preparing his team for an important match in a few days time. Belinda is with a group of female singers, also at the hotel. They are completely different characters and take an instant dislike to one another. But in a swimming pool accident they collide, and, nearly dying they recover, but they have exchanged bodies! They are horrified to discover that they are in the wrong bodies, and getting together, they agree that the only way to survive is to co-operate and try to deceive the world into thinking that nothing has happened. But Belinda (in Juan's body) knows nothing about football, and the players just laugh. Juan (in Belinda's body) tries to give tips over a mobile phone. She also visits her fiance about the wedding, but of course the fiance only sees a male body, and there is a surprising moment. Belinda increasingly has second thoughts about the wedding. Juan's musical efforts are equally ...

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Plot Keywords:

swimming pool | identity swap | sex change | body swap

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sexuality and language

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

23 August 1996 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Ota mies elämääsi

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 61,373,891 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aurum Producciones, Cristal Producciones Cinematográficas S.A., Desafío Producciones S.L.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Quotes

Juan Antonio: [to a doctor] Stop calling me mister. Where's my body? And please don't tell me that it's a medical error! You don't care but I'm getting married on Sunday. So where's my body?

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Soundtracks

"Una eternidad"
By José Manuel Pagán
Performed by Cristina Marcos and Toni Cantó

User Reviews

Intelligent, hilarious gender bender

PUT A MAN IN YOUR LIFE is an unusual gender bender. As overworked as the genre has been the past decade, this farce stands out. Its premise is a change of body experience between a loud-mouthed, macho soccer team manager with all the stereotypical flaws of the Latin male (Tonio Canto' of ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER), and Belinda, a female singer representing the modern European twenty something woman. Fate finds the soccer manager's team and Belinda's singing group at the same hotel one weekend. These two opposites accidentally collide and wake up, near death, having switched bodies. The resulting gender-bending hi-jinx are really a hoot to watch. Throw in more than just a few eccentric characters, and funny plot twists, and the result is a highly original film, with a message, which is very-well delivered. This is a great bed-hopping comedy of errors which appeals to both sexes and is a great film to watch one night you want some intelligent fun.