# 8 Dates

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{{Infobox film
| image = 8 Dates poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| starring = {{Plain list|
* [Raúl Arévalo](/source/Ra%C3%BAl_Ar%C3%A9valo)
* [Verónica Echegui](/source/Ver%C3%B3nica_Echegui)
* [José Luis Gª Pérez](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_P%C3%A9rez)
* [Adriana Ozores](/source/Adriana_Ozores)
* [Belén Rueda](/source/Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda)
* [Miguel Ángel Solá](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Sol%C3%A1)
* [Fernando Tejero](/source/Fernando_Tejero)
* Jordi Vilches
* [Arturo Valls](/source/Arturo_Valls)
* [Ana Wagener](/source/Ana_Wagener)
}}
| cinematography = Juan Hernández
| editing = David Pinillos
| music = <!--[Federico Jusid](/source/Federico_Jusid)-->
| director = {{ubl|Peris Romano|[Rodrigo Sorogoyen](/source/Rodrigo_Sorogoyen)}}
| writer = {{ubl|Peris Romano|Rodrigo Sorogoyen}}
| country = Spain
| studio = {{ubl|Impala|Tesela PC}}
| distributor = [Alta Classics](/source/Alta_Classics)
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|8 citas|nolink=yes}}
| released = {{Film date|2008|04|10|df=yes|[Málaga](/source/M%C3%A1laga_Film_Festival)|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](/source/Rodrigo_Sorogoyen) which features an [ensemble cast](/source/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](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)|title=Jóvenes, guapos y pendientes de una cita|first=Manuel|last=Cuéllar|date=6 April 2008}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [Fernando Tejero](/source/Fernando_Tejero) as Antonio<ref name="icaa">{{Cite web|url=https://infoicaa.mecd.es/CatalogoICAA/Caratulas/12207/58/P12207.pdf|publisher=[ICAA](/source/ICAA_(Spain))|website=Catálogo ICAA|title=8 citas|access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref>
* [Belén López](/source/Bel%C3%A9n_L%C3%B3pez_(actress)) as Sofía<ref name="icaa" />
* [José Luis García Pérez](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_P%C3%A9rez) as Rafa<ref name="icaa" />
* [Raúl Arévalo](/source/Ra%C3%BAl_Ar%C3%A9valo) as Jesús<ref name="icaa" />
* [Cecilia Freire](/source/Cecilia_Freire) as Nuria<ref name="icaa" />
* [Javier Rey](/source/Javier_Rey) as Pablo<ref name="icaa" />
* [Marta Nieto](/source/Marta_Nieto) as María<ref name="icaa" />
* Jesús Caba as Edu<ref name="icaa" />
* [Ana Wagener](/source/Ana_Wagener) as Maite<ref name="icaa" />
* [Verónica Echegui](/source/Ver%C3%B3nica_Echegui) as Vane<ref name="icaa" />
* {{ill|Jordi Vilches|es}} as Juan<ref name="icaa" />
* [Marta Hazas](/source/Marta_Hazas) as Cris<ref name="icaa" />
* {{ill|Alfonso Bassave|es}} as Alfonso<ref name="icaa" />
* [Melanie Olivares](/source/Melanie_Olivares) as Natalia<ref name="icaa" />
* [Jesús Olmedo](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Olmedo) as Dani<ref name="icaa" />
* {{ill|María Ballesteros (actress)|es|María Ballesteros|lt=María Ballesteros}} as Ana<ref name="icaa" />
* [Arturo Valls](/source/Arturo_Valls) as Sergi<ref name="icaa" />
* [Miguel Ángel Solá](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Sol%C3%A1) as Fernando<ref name="icaa" />
* [Adriana Ozores](/source/Adriana_Ozores) as Rosa<ref name="icaa" />
* [Javier Pereira](/source/Javier_Pereira_(actor)) as Jose<ref name="icaa" />
* Raquel Pérez as Manoli<ref name="icaa" />
* [Belén Rueda](/source/Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda) as Elena<ref name="icaa" />
* [Maxi Iglesias](/source/Maxi_Iglesias)<ref name="cuellar" />
* [Alicia Rubio](/source/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](/source/Europa_Press_(news_agency))|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](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Guzm%C3%A1n_(actor))<ref name="ep" />
* Tzeitel Rodríguez<ref name="ep" />
* [Daniel Muriel](/source/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](/source/Silma_L%C3%B3pez)<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](/source/Televisi%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola) and [Canal+](/source/Canal%2B_(Spanish_TV_channel)).<ref name="holland" /> Shooting locations included the [province of Segovia](/source/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](/source/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](/source/M%C3%A1laga_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](/source/Grupo_Joly)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariosur.es/20080411/cultura/citas-narra-humor-etapas-20080411.html|website=[Diario Sur](/source/Diario_Sur)|publisher=[Grupo Vocento](/source/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](/source/Alta_Classics),<ref name="holland" /> it was theatrically released in Spain on 18 April 2008.

== Reception ==
Jonathan Holland of ''[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))'' 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](/source/Variety_(magazine))|date=21 April 2008|title=8 Dates|first=Jonathan|last=Holland}}</ref>

Irene Crespo of ''[Cinemanía](/source/Cineman%C3%ADa)'' rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars, comparing it to a mix of ''[Love Actually](/source/Love_Actually)'' and ''[Escenas de matrimonio](/source/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](/source/Cineman%C3%ADa)|via=[20minutos.es](/source/20minutos.es)|title=8 citas|date=18 April 2008|first=Irene|last=Crespo}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [List of Spanish films of 2008](/source/List_of_Spanish_films_of_2008)

== References ==
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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

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