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Spanish Affair 2
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Director:Emilio Martínez-Lázaro
Music:Roque Baños
Distributor:Universal Pictures
Runtime:99 minutes
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish
Gross:€36.1 million[1]

Spanish Affair 2 (Spanish; Castilian: '''Ocho apellidos catalanes'''|links=no;) is a 2015 Spanish comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro. It is the sequel to the 2014 box-office hit Spanish Affair, with the four main actors reprising their characters.[2]

Plot

Some time after the events of Ocho apellidos vascos, Rafa and Koldo's daughter Amaia have parted ways. Now Amaia is dating a Catalan man named Pau. This is too much for Koldo, who ventures outside the borders of the Basque Country for the first time in his life to search for Rafa in Seville and to convince him to try and win back Amaia's heart.

Release

Distributed by Universal Pictures, the film premiered in Spain on 20 November 2015. The weekend of its premiere, the film gathered an audience of 1,117,678 which resulted in box office grossing of 7.9 million euros.[3] Worldwide, the movie has accrued $40.6 million.

Sequel

A film with the working title Spanish; Castilian: Casi familia ("Almost Family") was published in 2023 as Spanish; Castilian: [[Ocho apellidos marroquís]] ("Eight Moroccan surnames").Its cast does not include actors from both earlier films.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 16 November 2015. 'Zootrópolis' y 'El renacido' lanzan la taquilla en España por encima de los 10 millones de euros y 'Truman' nota ya el efecto Goya. 26 February 2016.
  2. News: 'Ocho apellidos catalanes' se estrenará el 20 de noviembre. El País. 6 September 2015. 9 July 2015.
  3. Web site: John Hopewell . 'Spanish Affair 2' Punches Best 2015 First Weekend in Spain . 23 November 2015 . Variety . 2015-11-24.
  4. News: Corona . Alberto . ‘Ocho apellidos marroquís’, un descalabro que evidencia un modelo de producción nocivo . 1 December 2023 . elDiario.es . 30 November 2023 . es. 'Eight Moroccan Surnames', a catastrophe that makes evident an obnoxious production model.