Sorry If I Call You Love

2014 Spanish film

Sorry If I Call You Love
Film poster

Spanish	Perdona si te llamo amor

Directed by	Joaquín Llamas
Screenplay by	Fran Araújo Manuel Burque
Based on	Scusa ma ti chiamo amore by Federico Moccia
Produced by	Pedro Pastor Ghislain Barrios Álvaro Augustin Josep Escolà
Starring	Paloma Bloyd Daniele Liotti Jaume Pujol Jordi Rico Pablo Chiapella Adrià Collado Andrea Duro Lucía Delgado Lucía Guerrero Pep Munné Jan Cornet Patricia Vico
Cinematography	David Omedes
Edited by	Oriol Carbonell
Music by	Arnau Bataller
Production company	Telecinco Cinema
Distributed by	Emon
Release date	20 June 2014 (2014-06-20)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Sorry If I Call You Love (Spanish: Perdona si te llamo amor) is a 2014 Spanish romance film directed by Joaquín Llamas based on the 2007 novel by Federico Moccia. It stars Paloma Bloyd and Daniele Liotti.

Cast

Paloma Bloyd as Niki^[1]
Daniele Liotti as Álex^[1]
Irene Montalà as Elena^[1]
Andrea Duro as Oli^[1]
Patricia Vico as Simona^[1]
Jaume Pujol [es] as Roberto^[1]
Pablo Chiapella as Pedro^[2]
Adrià Collado as Enrique^[1]
Lucía Delgado [es]^[1]
Lucía Guerrero [es] as Erica^[1]
Joel Bosqued [es] as Fer^[1]
Marina Gatell as Cristina^[1]
Jordi Rico as Felipe^[1]
Mariona Ribas as Miriam^[1]
Pep Munné [es] as Leonardo^[1]
Jan Cornet as Marcelo^[1]
Àlex Maruny [es] as Satur^[1]
Cristina Brondo [es] as Susana^[1]
Olalla Moreno [es] as Carmen^[1]

Production

Penned by Fran Araújo and Manuel Burque,^[2] the screenplay is an adaptation of the novel by Federico Moccia.^[3] The film is a Telecinco Cinema production.^[2] Shooting locations included Barcelona and Cadaqués.^[4]

Release

Distributed by Emon,^[5] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 20 June 2014.

Reception

Pere Vall of Fotogramas gave the film a negative review and 2 out of 5 stars, singling out as the only positive points (among laughable scenes galore) Bloyd and her character's female friends, Chiapella, Omedes' cinematography and the Barcelona setting.^[6]

Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter deemed the film to be "a slick, blandly superficial forbidden love fantasy with a carefully calibrated lack of knowingness that lends it a certain appeal".^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Perdona si te llamo amor" (PDF). Catálogo ICAA. ICAA. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Holland, Jonathan (March 7, 2014). "'Sorry If I Call You Love' ('Perdona si te llamo amor'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
^ "Joaquín Llamas lleva al cine 'Perdona si te llamo amor' de Federico Moccia". Telemadrid. 16 June 2014.
^ "Arriba "Perdona si te llamo amor", filmada a Barcelona i Cadaqués". Diari de Girona. Prensa Ibérica. 17 June 2014.
^ Brunet, Pau (2014). "El cine gana sus primeras batallas contra el Mundial" (PDF). Academia. Revista del Cine Español (208). Madrid: Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España: 67. ISSN 2174-0097.
^ Vall, Pere (7 February 2014). "Perdona si te llamo amor. Para fans de las historias de amor con sacarina". Fotogramas.