Cha-cha-chá (1998 film)

María is in a relationship with Pablo, whom longtime María's friend Lucía gets infatuated with after sleeping one night with him. Lucía enlists the services of Antonio, a lower-class wannabe male model, to seduce María "away" from Pablo.^[1][2][3]

The screenplay was penned by Fernando León and Carlos Asorey alongside Antonio del Real.^[3][1] The film was produced by Sogetel in collaboration with Tele 5,^[1] and it also had participation of Canal+.^[5] Juan Amorós was responsible for the cinematography whereas Pablo Miyar was responsible for the music and Miguel Angel Santamaría for film editing.^[6][3] César Benítez took over production duties.^[3]

The film received a pre-screening in Bilbao.^[4] Distributed by Sogepaq,^[3] it was theatrically released on 10 July 1998.^[7] The film proved to be one of the biggest hits in the Spanish box office in 1998.^[8] As of November 1998, it had grossed around 285 million ₧, good for a third position in the ranking of Spanish films up to that point.^[9]

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the "swiftly paced but largely routine" Antonio del Real's film to be a "by-the-book relationships movie about twentysomething love".^[3]

• List of Spanish films of 1998