Javier Cámara (Talk to Her) stars as Chef Maxi, a culinary genius/drama queen with too much on his plate.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Javier Cámara | ... | Maxi | |
| Lola Dueñas | ... | Alex | |
| Fernando Tejero | ... | Ramiro | |
| Benjamín Vicuña | ... | Horacio | |
| Chus Lampreave | ... | Celia | |
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Luis Varela | ... | Jaime |
| Cristina Marcos | ... | Marta | |
| Alexandra Jiménez | ... | Paula | |
| Junio Valverde | ... | Edu | |
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Alejandra Lorenzo | ... | Alba |
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Mariano Peña | ... | Álvaro |
| Fernando Albizu | ... | Valero | |
| Carlos Leal | ... | Pascal Sánchez | |
| Alberto Jo Lee | ... | Dae-Su | |
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Jesús Fuente | ... | Director del colegio |
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Javier Cámara (Talk to Her) stars as Chef Maxi, a culinary genius/drama queen with too much on his plate.
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11 April 2008 (Spain) See more »Also Known As:
Chef's Special See more »Filming Locations:
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$8,394,912Company Credits
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Antena 3 Televisión, Canguro Produzioni Internazionali Cinematografiche, Ensueño Films See more »
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2.35 : 1
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Written by Eva Amaral and Juan Aguirre
Performed by Amaral
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Fernando Fernán-Gómez was originally slated to play a role, but died before shooting began. See more »Soundtracks
El artista del alambreWritten by Eva Amaral and Juan Aguirre
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First, I should say that the movie definitely had some funny, enjoyable scenes. However, the movie was laden with way too many derogatory gay jokes. I was uncomfortable hearing so many bigoted, insulting, ignorant jokes. Many in the audience I was in laughed, but I squirmed at every "joke." Even in the movie's context of perhaps mocking homophobes, it was not necessary to have some many. Could you imagine a movie about African-Americans full of white characters spouting out a constant barrage of jokes about fried chicken and bananas and athletic prowess? And was it necessary for the main character to be such an effeminate stereotype? As for the plot, the director's soap opera experience was obvious; the plot had several wrenching shifts from light humor to attempts at deep seriousness. If you want to see good Spanish humor without the stereotyping and gay-bashing "jokes," I'd suggest Almodovar's many excellent comedies.