''That's Not Cheating'' ( es, Permitidos) is a 2016 Argentine comedy film directed by Ariel Winograd and co-written by Julian Loyola and Gabriel Korenfeld. The film, which stars
Lali Espósito and Martín Piroyansky, was theatrically released on August 4, 2016.
Due to its success, the film has been sold to other Latin American markets, including Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile. Rights for pay TV has been acquired by
HBO Latino for the United States,
Movistar+ for Spain, and Medyavision for
Turkey. According to ''FilmSharks'', rights for France, Mexico, Brazil, Australia and Germany are in advanced discussions.
Synopsis
The comedy follows a modern couple who joke with friends about the idea of a "One Night Pass" — one night of passion with a famous star that would not be considered infidelity. Then the husband unexpectedly meets his "One Night Pass".
A series of funny complications won't allow Mateo and Camila to get back together. Both of them will have to take a look of several things and raffle off every absurd obstacle that there will be presented from the appearance of this "One Night Pass" in their lives. Once involved in a dangerous situation, the couple will have the opportunity to discover themselves.
Cast
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Lali Espósito as Camila Boecchi
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Martín Piroyansky
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Selected filmography
References
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1986 births
Living people
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as Mateo Borisonik
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Liz Solari
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as Zoe del Río
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Benjamín Vicuña
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Biography
Vicuña was born November 29, 1978 to father Juan Pablo Vicuña Parot and mother Isabel Luco Morandé. He is a descendant of Benjamín Vicuña Macke ...
as Joaquín Campos
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Guillermo Arengo
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as Antonio Boecchi
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Ana Pauls as Paula
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Maruja Bustamante
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Maruja Bustamante trained as an actress with Helena Tritek and was her assistant at the first staging of Jorge ...
as Soledad
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Gastón Cocchiarale
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*Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315)
*Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343)
*Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391)
*Gaston I ...
as Rama
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Abel Ayala
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as El Kun
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Pablo Rago
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as Doctor
Reception
Box office
''Permitidos'' was #2 on opening weekend on its original country,
Argentina, behind ''
The Secret Life of Pets'' with
$0.7 million.
The movie has eventually grossed
$1.7 million only in Argentina (
AR$25.3 million).
Critical response
''Permitidos'' received generally positive reviews from critics. The
review aggregator website Todas Las Críticas assigned the film a weighted average score of 67 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
In his review for ''Leer Cine'', Santiago García praised the film, saying: "it is a funny comedy, it is a well-filmed comedy, it is not the mere illustration of amusing dialogues, ''Permitidos'' is a complete film".
Emiliano Basile of ''Escribiendo Cine'' also gave the film a positive review, writing: "''Permitidos'' is effective by more than it floods in some lapses by the excess situations. It is
ffectivebecause its goal of smooth and flat entertainment wards off of the traditional conservative moralizing.
CineFreak's Alex Arellano gave the film a positive review, stating: "''Permitidos'' is a genuine comedy, a film whose script is an elaborated swarm of absurd and crazy situations, which managed to combine and create consistency between every scene and every word of the script. It is a risky proposition that could have been a big frustration. However, its director decided to focus on the humor, and if the audience judges it
he film it will undoubtedly have a good reception.
Fernando Alvarez of ''Todo lo ve'' highlighted Espósito and Piroyanky's performance and wrote: "it is a well-executed, agile comedy that counts with solid technical resources and a delirium that the viewer will have to play, between ducks, geese and a smarter friend that he looks".
Meanwhile, Diego Alvarez from ''Cuatro Bastardos'' gave the film a perfect score (10 out of 10) recognizing Winograd's direction and Piroyansky's performance, which he describes as "impeccable", and Espósito's, adding that the actress is an actoral revelation and that her performance "will surely remain in the records of argentinian cinema".
Fer Casals of ''Meta'' magazine compared the film with
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comedies, saying: "Ariel Winograd newest movie surprises from its freshness and naturalness represented by the charm of its protagonists".
's John Hopewell wrote that the film is "the latest in a line of high-concept Argentine comedies of manners with international potential."
Release history
References
External links
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* {{mojo title, _fPERMITIDOS01, That's Not Cheating
2016 films
2010s Spanish-language films
Films set in Argentina
Films set in Buenos Aires
Films shot in Buenos Aires
Argentine romantic comedy films
2010s Argentine films