''El roomie'' () is a 2024 Mexican

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by Pedro Pablo Ibarra and written by Miguel García Moreno. It stars Fiona Palomo and José Eduardo Derbez accompanied by Giuseppe Gamba, Leticia Calderón,

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, Carlos Ferro, Irving López,

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and Herlnally Rodríguez. It premiered on January 18, 2024, in Mexican theaters. The film premiered on Spanish streaming service

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on April 11, 2024.

Synopsis

Vivi is a young writer who is forced to find a

roommate A roommate is a person with whom one shares a living facility such as a room or dormitory ''except'' when being family or romantically involved. Similar terms include dorm-mate, suite-mate, housemate, or flatmate ("flat": the usual term in Brit ...

to pay the mortgage on her apartment. What she does not suspect is that Roy, the supposed perfect partner she found, has a peculiar lifestyle: he never pays rent. Even though Vivi discovers Ro, she decides to open the doors of her house and her life to him because her tricks lead her to rediscover herself as a writer and both she and her roommate are going to discover their real value.

Cast

* Fiona Palomo as Vivi * José Eduardo Derbez as Ro * Giuseppe Gamba as Mauro * Leticia Calderón as Elisa *

as Homemade * Carlos Ferro as Julio * Irving López as Guille * Herlnally Rodríguez as Dulce * Uriel del Toro as Milton * Augusto Di Paolo as Teodoro * Natalia Payan as Aranza * Naia Pindas Sandoval as Teresa *

Victoria Ruffo María Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo (born May 31, 1962) better known as Victoria Ruffo is a Mexican actress notable for her roles in telenovelas. Biography 1980s Ruffo began her acting career in 1980, starrin ...

as Tere School Director *

as Lucía *

Ariadne Díaz Ariadne Díaz (; (born Ariadne Rosales Díaz) (Born August 17, 1986, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and former model. Biography Díaz was born on August 17, 1986, in Guadalajara, Jalisco. She is of Spanish and French de ...

as Silvia * Marcus Ornellas *

Maite Perroni Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born 9 March 1983) is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and producer. She gained international fame in 2004 after starring in the Mexican youth telenovela ''Rebelde'', which launched the pop-rock and Latin Grammy-nom ...

as Daniela * Isidora Vives * Paloma Woolrich

Production

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began on November 22, 2021, in

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Reception

In its first week, the film attracted 336,000 spectators, grossing $23.5 million

Mexican peso The Mexican peso (Currency symbol, symbol: $; ISO 4217, currency code: MXN; also abbreviated Mex$ to distinguish it from peso, other peso-denominated currencies; referred to as the peso, Mexican peso, or colloquially varo) is the official curre ...

s, placing it in first place at the Mexican box office.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roomie, El 2024 films 2024 romantic comedy films Mexican romantic comedy films 2020s Spanish-language films Sign-language films Films set in Mexico City Films shot in Mexico City Films set in apartment buildings Films about writers 2020s Mexican films