Comedy, Drama

THE GOOD BOSS

2022
2 HR
SEP 9 → SEP 22, 2022

Details

Released August 26, 2022, Spain

Comedy, Drama

2 hours

Cohen Media Group

Spanish with English Subtitles

Starring

Javier Bardem
Almudena Amor
Manolo Solo
María de Nati
Óscar de la Fuente
Celso Bugallo

Director

Fernando León de Aranoa

Film Information

Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, awaits the imminent visit from a committee which holds its fate in their hands as to whether they merit a local Business Excellence award. Everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, the company’s proprietor, Blanco (Javier Bardem) pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.

Film Stills

Full Cast

Javier Bardem

Almudena Amor

Manolo Solo

María de Nati

Óscar de la Fuente

Celso Bugallo

Additional Credits

Fernando León de Aranoa Director

Reviews

“The Good Boss is designed to be an acting tour de force for Bardem, and it’s certainly that… It’s a memorably dominating performance.”

Sebastian Scotney

The Arts Desk

“With a style reminiscent of the Coen brothers’ trademark cinematic sarcasm, especially in their quirkier works like “Burn After Reading,” León de Aranoa artfully spins a story (which he also wrote) of bad behavior trying to pass itself off as good.”

Jordan Mintzer

The Hollywood Reporter

“It’s a comedy, but no laughing matter. It’s the blackest of satires — the kind in which a smiling face hides a monstrous heart.”

Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald