Jefe (2018 film)

Jefe
Film poster
Directed bySergio Barrejón
Written byNatxo López
Marta Piedade
Starring
Production
companies
  • Potenza Producciones
  • Bowfinger International Pictures
  • Jefe La Película AIE
  • Fado Filmes
Distributed bySúper 8
Release dates
  • 15 April 2018 (2018-04-15) (Málaga)
  • 6 July 2018 (2018-07-06) (Spain)
Running time
89 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • Portugal
LanguageSpanish

Jefe is a 2018 Spanish-Portuguese comedy film directed by Sergio Barrejón and written by Natxo López and Marta Piedade.[1][2] It stars Luis Callejo and Juana Acosta.

Plot

César, a rude and self-centered businessman, seems to be on the brink of losing everything until a night janitor at his office helps him find some much-needed sensitivity.[3]

Cast

Production

Jefe was produced by Potenza Producciones, Bowfinger International Pictures and Jefe La Película AIE alongside Fado Filmes, and it had support of ICAA, Ibermedia and the Madrid regional administration.[4]

Release

The film premiered on 15 April 2018 at the 21st Málaga Spanish Film Festival.[5] Distributed by Súper 8,[4] it was theatrically released in Spain on 6 July 2018. It was released on 26 October 2018 on Netflix streaming.[6]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2019 33rd Goya Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Marta Sofía Martins, Natxo López Nominated [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sergio Barrejón makes his feature-length directorial debut with Jefe". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  2. ^ October 23, Amrutha Srivatsa-Published; Am, 2018 at 3:09 (2018-10-23). "Netflix Film "Jefe:" Read Bios of the Cast and Also Indulge in the Plot Review and a Quick Trailer!". Earn The Necklace. Retrieved 2019-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Jefe Netflix Film Review". The Review Geek. 2018-10-26. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "'Jefe' – estreno en cines 6 de julio". Audiovisual451. 3 July 2018.
  5. ^ "'Jefe', la comedia de Sergio Barrejón destinada a provocar carcajadas". Festival de Málaga. 15 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. ^ Jefe. Netflix.
  7. ^ "Jefe". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 19 August 2022.


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