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Anita Takes a Chance
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Anita Takes a Chance

2001-01-26 · 89 min · ★ 5.9

Comedy · Romance

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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Directors
Ventura Pons
Production companies
Canal+ España, Els Films de la Rambla S.A., TVE, TV3
Countries
Spain
Status
Released

Top Cast

Rosa María SardàRosa María SardàAnita
Isak FérrizIsak FérrizDependent
Jose CoronadoJose CoronadoAntonio
María BarrancoMaría BarrancoNatalia
Roger ComaRoger ComaCambrer
Aina ClotetAina ClotetAnita Jove
David JanerDavid Janer
Cati SolivellasCati Solivellas
Borja EspinosaBorja Espinosa
Albert Trifol i VerdúAlbert Trifol i Verdú
Jade Pradas
Mercè ArànegaMercè Arànega
María BarrancoMaría Barranco
Arlem Pradas
Sònia Colom
Josep Costa
Maribel Altés
Jordi DauderJordi Dauder
Santi Ibáñez
José Luis Sansalvador

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