My Friend Eva

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My Friend Eva
My Friend Eva poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
SpanishMi amiga Eva
Directed by Cesc Gay
Screenplay by
Produced by
  • Marta Esteban
  • Laia Bosch
Starring
CinematographyAndreu Rebés
Edited byLiana Artigal
Music byArnau Bataller
Production
companies
  • Imposible Films
  • Alexfilm AIE
Distributed by Filmax
Release date
  • 19 September 2025 (2025-09-19)
CountrySpain
Languages
  • Spanish
  • Catalan

My Friend Eva (Spanish: Mi amiga Eva) is a 2025 Spanish comedy film directed by Cesc Gay from a screenplay that he co-wrote with Eduard Sola. It stars Nora Navas as the title character alongside Rodrigo de la Serna and Juan Diego Botto.

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Plot

While in Rome, 50-year-old Eva realizes her yearning for falling in love again, and so she starts a new life as a single person back in Barcelona. [1]

Cast

Production

The film is an Imposible Films and Alexfilm AIE production. [1] It had the pàrticipation of RTVE, Movistar Plus+, and 3Cat and backing from ICAA. [4] Shooting locations included Barcelona, Badalona, La Garriga, and Rome. [4] [5]

Release

Distributed by Filmax, My Friend Eva is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 19 September 2025. [1] It was included in the 'Made of Spain' lineup of the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival. [6] After acquiring global distribution rights, [7] Filmax likewise sold the film in Italy (Teodora Film  [ it ]), Germany and Austria (Neue Visionen  [ de ]), Israel (Lev Cinemas), Greece (Cinobo), Bulgaria (Beta Films), and former Yugoslavia (Cinemania). [8]

Reception

Begoña Piña of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "agile, fun, smart, and at times moving". [9]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 75 points ('good'), citing Navas' performance and the central premise as the best things about the film. [10]

Carlos Boyero of El País declared himself to be "not distracted at any point from what they do and say in this film". [11]

Laura Pérez of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering that Navas envelopes Eva's character with a tenderness and truth comparable to those of Ricardo Darín and Javier Cámara in Truman . [12]

Carmen L. Lobo of La Razón rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, extolling how Navas "is truly splendid in this beautiful, solid, and humane story". [13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Así es el tráiler de 'Mi amiga Eva', la nueva comedia de Cesc Gay". rtve.es . 2 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mi amiga Eva". Filmax. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (15 September 2025). "Los estrenos del 19 de septiembre. 'Mi amiga Eva'. El juego del amor". Aisge.
  4. 1 2 Sánchez Sequera, Marco (31 May 2024). "Finaliza el rodaje de 'Mi amiga Eva', nueva película de Cesc Gay producida por Imposible Films". Audiovisual451.
  5. ↑ Dios, Marisa de (16 May 2024). "Cesc Gay sumerge a Nora Navas en un triángulo amoroso en Barcelona con 'Mi amiga Eva'". El Periódico de Catalunya . Prensa Ibérica.
  6. ↑ Ntim, Zac (13 August 2025). "San Sebastian: 'Sirat', 'Romería' & Horacio Alcalá's 'Fragmentos' Among Titles Set For Made In Spain Section". Deadline Hollywood .
  7. ↑ McLennan, Callum (16 February 2024). "Filmax Secures 'My Friend Eva,' From 'Truman' Director Cesc Gay (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety .
  8. ↑ Hopewell, John (15 May 2025). "Filmax Rolls Out Cesc Gay's 'My Friend Eva,' Closing Italy, Germany (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety .
  9. ↑ Piña, Begoña (17 September 2025). "Crítica de 'Mi amiga Eva': una declaración de rebeldía en clave de comedia romántica". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  10. ↑ Hernández Luján, Raquel (16 September 2025). "Crítica de Mi amiga Eva: encontrar el amor a los cincuenta". HobbyConsolas .
  11. ↑ Boyero, Carlos (19 September 2025). "'Mi amiga Eva': Eva no se resigna. Busca amor". El País .
  12. ↑ Pérez, Laura (18 September 2025). ""La comedia romántica le debe una disculpa a muchas mujeres": Crítica de 'Mi amiga Eva', la nueva película de Cesc Gay". Fotogramas .
  13. ↑ Lobo, Carmen L. (19 September 2025). "Crítica de 'Mi amiga Eva': Derecho a la reinvención ★★★★". La Razón .
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