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Title: El Crimen Perfecto (The Perfect Crime) (2004)
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Guillermo Toledo | ... | Rafael González |
| Mónica Cervera | ... | Lourdes | |
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Luis Varela | ... | Don Antonio Fraguas |
| Enrique Villén | ... | Comisario Campoy | |
| Fernando Tejero | ... | Alonso | |
| Javier Gutiérrez | ... | Jaime | |
| Kira Miró | ... | Roxanne | |
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Rosario Pardo | ... | Señora despistada |
| Gracia Olayo | ... | Concha | |
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José Alias | ... | Matías |
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Penélope Velasco | ... | Susana |
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Montse Mostaza | ... | Helena (as Montserrat Mostaza) |
| Eduardo Gómez | ... | Taxista | |
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Enrique Martínez | ... | Pepón |
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Alicia Andújar | ... | Desiree |
An impending much-sought-after promotion at Yeyo's shopping mall in Madrid has created quite a stir, as a new floor supervisor needs to be chosen between Don Antonio, the helpful, experienced, yet, stern and gloomy head of the men's department and Rafael, the seductive, highly skilled salesman and head of the women's department. Without a doubt, competition is hard when there's only room for one, however, when the suave and sophisticated Rafael loses out to his inelegant arch nemesis, he will find himself in a very tight spot when during an argument, he will accidentally kill Don Antonio. Obviously, with him as a prime suspect, handsome Rafael is in dire straits and desperate as he is, he will inevitably accept help from Lourdes, the department's ugly duckling who unfortunately knows all about his misfortune, nevertheless, not without a cost. With his life literally in Lourdes' hands, blackmailed into her preposterous demands, there is only one way out and Rafael will need to stain ... Written by Nick Riganas
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Rafael Gonzalez (Guillermo Toledo), is a salesman in the ladies section of a fashionable department store in Madrid who has it all: good looks, a sharp wardrobe, and a confident, brash manner that allows him to get his way with women and in the workplace.
Rafael has clear goals, too, the most important of which is to lead a "perfect life," and little patience for anybody who settles for less. Such a proud man, of course, is perfectly set up to take a fall and Rafael plunges very far indeed in this hilarious black comedy by Spanish director Alexis de la Iglesia.
Rafael's slide begins when a hated rival, Don Antonio (Luis Varlea), wins a coveted promotion. An argument follows and Don Antonio ends up dead. Rafael's role in the accident goes undetected by the police only because Lourdes (Monica Cevera), an unattractive coworker he has long ignored, helps dispose of the corpse.
Lourdes assistance comes with a price. She has long carried a torch for Rafael and uses the threat of police exposure to get her own "perfect life." She insists Rafael become her lover, meet her parents, and marry her. In short, Rafael is about to be trapped in the kind of dull, mediocre existence he has always mocked.
Watching Rafael try to escape from the world Lourdes plans for him raising children in a badly decorated suburban apartment filled with clown paintings and spending evenings collecting ugly miniatures -- provides lots of laughter and entertainment and plenty of insights into contemporary Spain. In the end, each character gets what they want but as usually happens in life itself there is a clear winner and loser. Highly recommended.
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