8 Dates

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox film | image = 8 Dates poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | starring = {{Plain list| * Raúl Arévalo * Verónica Echegui * José Luis Gª Pérez * Adriana Ozores * Belén Rueda * Miguel Ángel Solá * Fernando Tejero * Jordi Vilches * Arturo Valls * Ana Wagener }} | cinematography = Juan Hernández | editing = David Pinillos | music =  | director = {{ubl|Peris Romano|Rodrigo Sorogoyen}} | writer = {{ubl|Peris Romano|Rodrigo Sorogoyen}} | country = Spain | studio = {{ubl|Impala|Tesela PC}} | distributor = Alta Classics | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|8 citas|nolink=yes}} | released = {{Film date|2008|04|10|df=yes|Málaga|2008|04|18|Spain}} | language = Spanish }} '''''8 Dates''''' ({{langx|es|'''8 citas'''|links=no}}) is a 2008 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Peris Romano and Rodrigo Sorogoyen which features an ensemble cast of actors.

== Plot == The plot, split in 8 parts, concerns about 8 romantic vignettes depicting the evolution of 8 couple relationships.<ref name="cuellar">{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2008/04/06/eps/1207463209_850215.html|website=El País|title=Jóvenes, guapos y pendientes de una cita|first=Manuel|last=Cuéllar|date=6 April 2008}}</ref>

== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Fernando Tejero as Antonio<ref name="icaa">{{Cite web|url=https://infoicaa.mecd.es/CatalogoICAA/Caratulas/12207/58/P12207.pdf|publisher=ICAA|website=Catálogo ICAA|title=8 citas|access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref> * Belén López as Sofía<ref name="icaa" /> * José Luis García Pérez as Rafa<ref name="icaa" /> * Raúl Arévalo as Jesús<ref name="icaa" /> * Cecilia Freire as Nuria<ref name="icaa" /> * Javier Rey as Pablo<ref name="icaa" /> * Marta Nieto as María<ref name="icaa" /> * Jesús Caba as Edu<ref name="icaa" /> * Ana Wagener as Maite<ref name="icaa" /> * Verónica Echegui as Vane<ref name="icaa" /> * {{ill|Jordi Vilches|es}} as Juan<ref name="icaa" /> * Marta Hazas as Cris<ref name="icaa" /> * {{ill|Alfonso Bassave|es}} as Alfonso<ref name="icaa" /> * Melanie Olivares as Natalia<ref name="icaa" /> * Jesús Olmedo as Dani<ref name="icaa" /> * {{ill|María Ballesteros (actress)|es|María Ballesteros|lt=María Ballesteros}} as Ana<ref name="icaa" /> * Arturo Valls as Sergi<ref name="icaa" /> * Miguel Ángel Solá as Fernando<ref name="icaa" /> * Adriana Ozores as Rosa<ref name="icaa" /> * Javier Pereira as Jose<ref name="icaa" /> * Raquel Pérez as Manoli<ref name="icaa" /> * Belén Rueda as Elena<ref name="icaa" /> * Maxi Iglesias<ref name="cuellar" /> * Alicia Rubio<ref name="ep">{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/malaga-00356/noticia-malaga-festival-peris-romano-rodrigo-sorogoyen-presentan-citas-comedia-coral-amor-20080410163131.html|website=Europa Press|title=Málaga.- Festival.- Peris Romano y Rodrigo Sorogoyen presentan '8 citas', una comedia coral sobre el amor|date=10 April 2010}}</ref> * {{ill|Gabriel Chame Buendia|es|lt=Gabriel Chamé}}<ref name="ep" /> * Jesús Guzmán<ref name="ep" /> * Tzeitel Rodríguez<ref name="ep" /> * Daniel Muriel<ref name="ep" /> * Jorge Ventosa<ref name="ep" /> * {{ill|Aroa Gimeno|es}}<ref name="ep" /> * Nuria Ansón<ref name="ep" /> * Enrique Asenjo<ref name="ep" /> * Silma López<ref name="ep" /> }}

== Production == The screenplay was penned by the helmers Peris Romano and Rodrigo Sorogoyen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/1362/8-citas-una-comedia-enredo/|website=ecartelera|title='8 citas', una comedia de enredo|date=14 April 2008|first=Óscar|last=Martínez}}</ref> The film was produced by Impala and Tesela and it had the participation of TVE and Canal+.<ref name="holland" /> Shooting locations included the province of Segovia.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/filmhistoria/article/view/32658/32434/78230|journal=Filmhistoria Online|page=27|volume=30|title=Castilla y León, un escenario de cine|first=María|last=Marcos Ramos|publisher=University of Barcelona|location=Barcelona|doi=10.1344/fh.2020.1.19-34|year=2020}}</ref>

== Release == The film was selected for the Málaga Film Festival's official selection, premiering on 10 April 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.malagahoy.es/festival-cine-malaga/Festival-Malaga-enfila-Pretextos-citas_0_139486054.html|website=Málaga Hoy|title=El Festival de Málaga enfila su recta final con 'Pretextos' y '8 citas'|date=10 April 2008|publisher=Grupo Joly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariosur.es/20080411/cultura/citas-narra-humor-etapas-20080411.html|website=Diario Sur|publisher=Grupo Vocento|date=11 April 2008|first=Regina|last=Sotorrío|title='8 citas' narra con humor las etapas de las relaciones de pareja}}</ref> Distributed by Alta Classics,<ref name="holland" /> it was theatrically released in Spain on 18 April 2008.

== Reception == Jonathan Holland of ''Variety'' deemed the film to be "an above-average if over-derivative Spanish laffer" which "has fun written all over it and contains more than its share of astute observational comedy, but too often mistakes laffs for the merely absurd".<ref name="holland">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/reviews/8-dates-1200535035/|website=Variety|date=21 April 2008|title=8 Dates|first=Jonathan|last=Holland}}</ref>

Irene Crespo of ''Cinemanía'' rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars, comparing it to a mix of ''Love Actually'' and ''Escenas de matrimonio'', considering that the hook consisting of the extended cast full of known faces "gets lost along the way and soon [the film] falls into cliché, clumsy and predictable love situations".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/8-citas-17962/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=8 citas|date=18 April 2008|first=Irene|last=Crespo}}</ref>

== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2008

== References == {{reflist}}

Category:Films shot in the Province of Segovia Category:2008 comedy films Category:2008 films Category:Spanish romantic comedy films Category:2008 Spanish-language films Category:2008 Spanish films Category:Films directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen Category:2008 directorial debut films