A Perfect Couple (Spanish: Una pareja perfecta) is a 1998 Spanish comedy film directed by Francesc Betriu from a screenplay by Rafael Azcona based on the novel Diario de un jubilado by Miguel Delibes which stars Antonio Resines and José Sazatornil "Saza". The film proved to be a critical failure and a commercial flop.
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Plot
The plot tracks the friendship between a pedantic homosexual poet and an unemployed typographer.
Production
Written by Rafael Azcona, the screenplay is an adaptation of the 1995 novel Diario de un jubilado by Miguel Delibes. The film is a Lolafilms, Cartel, and Vía Digital production.
Release
The film opened the 1st Málaga Film Festival in May 1998. Distributed by Columbia Tri-Star Films de España, it was released theatrically in Spain on 12 June 1998.
Reception
Casimiro Torreiro of El País wrote that "the film is not a marvel, but among its images there emerges at least a dignity of well-practiced craft that saves it from ridicule".