SPANISH AFFAIR 8 APELLIDOS VASCOS $70M box-office, more than 8M admissions and still counting... The longest running Spanish film ever to hold at #1. The highest-grossing Spanish film in History, surpassing The Impossible and The Others. Romantic comedy / 2014 / Spanish Spain / Completed Spanish Release: March 14th by Universal (400 screens) Director Emilio Martínez-Lázaro (The Other Side of the Bed) Producers Ghislain Barrois (Tad: The Lost Explorer) Álvaro Augustin (The Impossible, Cell 211) Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson (No Rest for the Wicked) Cast Clara Lago (I Want You, Cousinhood) Dani Rovira Karra Elejalde (Even the Rain, Biutiful) Carmen Machi (I’m so Excited!, Broken Embraces) Synopsis Rafa’s never had to leave his hometown of Seville to get what matters most to him in life: dry sherry, hair gel and women. And then one day everything changes. The first woman to resist his charms ever appears: Amaia, from the Basque Country. Determined to win over her, Rafa crosses Spain from south to north from his hometown of Seville to Basque Country. Once there, he will do whatever it takes to win her heart, no matter how unreasonable it may be. He’ll change his accent, his style, and he’ll lie to no end, pretending to be Basque. From the director of the acclaimed The Other Side of the Bed comes this original and hilarious opposites-attract comedy, a real BO record-smasher. 11 A sweet and tender Romantic Comedy that has touched Spanish audiences from 7 years old to 99.