| Director: | Antonio del Real |
| Country: | Spain |
| Studio: | Sogetel |
| Editing: | Miguel A. Santamaría |
| Cinematography: | Juan Amorós |
| Music: | Pablo Miyar |
| Producer: | César Benítez |
| Distributor: | Sogepaq |
| Language: | Spanish |
Cha-cha-chá is a 1998 Spanish madcap comedy film directed by Antonio del Real. It stars Eduardo Noriega, Ana Álvarez, María Adánez and Jorge Sanz.
María is in a relationship with Pablo, whom longtime María's friend Lucía gets infatuated with after sleeping one night with him. Lucía enlists the services of Antonio, a lower-class wannabe male model, to seduce María "away" from Pablo.
The screenplay was penned by Fernando León and Carlos Asorey alongside Antonio del Real.[1] The film was produced by Sogetel in collaboration with Tele 5, and it also had participation of Canal+.[2] Juan Amorós was responsible for the cinematography whereas Pablo Miyar was responsible for the music and Miguel Angel Santamaría for film editing.[3] César Benítez took over production duties.
The film received a pre-screening in Bilbao.[4] Distributed by Sogepaq, it was theatrically released on 10 July 1998.[5] The film proved to be one of the biggest hits in the Spanish box office in 1998.[6] As of November 1998, it had grossed around 285 million ₧, good for a third position in the ranking of Spanish films up to that point.[7]
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the "swiftly paced but largely routine" Antonio del Real's film to be a "by-the-book relationships movie about twentysomething love".[8]