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Anita Takes a Chance

Anita Takes a Chance

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ComedyRomance

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Fifty-something widow Anita loses her lifetime dream job as a cinema attendant when the new owner wants to tear down the old theater and build a trendy multiplex in its stead. Depressed at first, Anita finds comfort in watching the shirtless hunks on the theater's construction site. She befriends a married excavator operator, Antonio, and the two start their secret candlelit trysts in the site's office cabin. But soon Anita learns that excavators are only needed in the early phase of a construction project...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Catalan

Runtime

89 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

26 January 2001

Country

Spain

Cast

Rosa María Sardà

Rosa María Sardà

Anita

Isak Férriz

Isak Férriz

Dependent

Jose Coronado

Jose Coronado

Antonio

María Barranco

María Barranco

Natalia

Roger Coma

Roger Coma

Cambrer

Aina Clotet

Aina Clotet

Anita Jove

David Janer

David Janer

Cati Solivellas

Cati Solivellas

Borja Espinosa

Borja Espinosa

Albert Trifol i Verdú

Albert Trifol i Verdú

Jade Pradas

Jade Pradas

Mercè Arànega

Mercè Arànega

María Barranco

María Barranco

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