Chester Film Society

The Good Boss

(Original Title: El buen patrón)

2021
Spain
1h 56m

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Starring:

Fernando León de Aranoa

Fernando León de Aranoa

Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo and Almudena Amor

Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company manufacturing industrial scales in a provincial town, anxiously prepares for an imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they deserve a local Business Excellence award. Striving for perfection, the company’s owner, Blanco, races against time to solve employee issues, crossing numerous boundaries.

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Audience Comments:

  • Brilliant
  • Took time to develop.
  • An insufferable character!
  • Was going to give it 9 but on balance an 8 was right (ha ha!)
  • Gracias!
  • Javier superb
  • Clever dialogue
  • Extremely witty but heavy handed
  • Predictable!
  • Loved the security guard!
  • Bit long
  • Desperate lives
  • Couldn’t keep up with plot but great music
  • Great performances loved the use of lighting for dramatic effect
  • Raced along from one excruciating scene to the next

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