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Lovestorming (No Controles)

Borja Cobeaga
Spain / 2010 / 96 min. / Spanish with English subtitles

Oscar-nominated Borja Cobeaga (One Too Many, The Friend Zone) directs this Spanish box-office hit, a fast-paced, side-splitting comedy starring sexy star Unax Ugalde in the Spanish take on The Hangover. Having broken up with his g.f., Bea (Alexandra Jimenez), heartbroken Sergio (Unax Ugalde) is due to fly back on New Year's Eve to his journalist's job in rural Spain, while Bea is off to start a new life in Germany, but all flights are grounded. On the plane, Sergio runs into former schoolmate Juancarlitros (Julian Lopez), a motor-mouthed wannabe comedian who irritates all around him with a continual stream of bad jokes.They are sent to a hotel where Bea is also staying, and Juancarlitros takes it on himself to try and save Sergio's relationship before the night is over. He refers to their plight as, "like 'Die Hard', but in love." Aided by manic, recently divorced Juanan (Secun de la Rosa), quiet Ecuadorian hotel worker Jimmy (Alfredo Silva), and game flight attendant Laura (Mariam Hernandez), Juancarlitros organizes a New Year's Eve party and invites Bea, aiming to reconcile her with Sergio. Plans are complicated by the arrival of Bea's new boyfriend, smoothie Ernesto (Miguel Angel Munoz).

Borja Cobeaga is a Basque filmmaker born in San Sebastián, Spain, in 1977. He began creating films in his garden amongst friends at the tender age of 9. In the last 10 years he has worked as a director and screenwriter in both feature film and television. In 2007, he was nominated for an Oscar for his short film One Too Many (Éramos pocos). His other works have received various nominations and awards in various festivals, including the Goya Awards. The Friend Zone (Pagafantas, 2009) was his debut feature film and Lovestorming (No controles, 2010) is his second.