The Other Side of the Bed

"El otro lado de la cama" redirects here. For the musical adaptation, see El otro lado de la cama (musical).

The Other Side of the Bed (Spanish: El otro lado de la cama) a.k.a. The Wrong Side of the Bed is a 2002 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro and written by David Serrano, which stars Ernesto Alterio, Paz Vega, Guillermo Toledo and Natalia Verbeke alongside Alberto San Juan and María Esteve. A box-office hit, it became the highest-grossing Spanish film in the domestic market in 2002.^[2]

The Other Side of the Bed
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	El otro lado de la cama
Directed by	Emilio Martínez Lázaro
Written by	David Serrano
Produced by	Tomás Cimadevilla José Sáinz de Vicuña
Starring	Ernesto Alterio Paz Vega Guillermo Toledo Natalia Verbeke Alberto San Juan María Esteve
Cinematography	Juan Molina
Music by	Roque Baños
Production companies	Impala Telespan 2000
Distributed by	Buena Vista International
Release dates	27 April 2002 (2002-04-27) (Málaga) 5 July 2002 (2002-07-05) (Spain)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Box office	€12.6 million[1]

Plot

Sex, love, lies, bed-hopping and mistaken identities abound in this pop musical-comedy set in Madrid. The gorgeous Paula breaks up with her boyfriend Pedro in order to continue her affair with Javier. The immature Javier however, is unwilling to break up with his current girlfriend Sonia, or confess to their affair to Pedro, who happens to be his best friend.

Cast

• Ernesto Alterio as Javier^[3]
• Paz Vega as Sonia^[1]
• Guillermo Toledo as Pedro^[1]
• Natalia Verbeke as Paula^[1]
• Alberto San Juan as Rafa^[1]
• María Esteve as Pilar^[1]
• Ramón Barea as Sagaz
• Nathalie Poza as Lucia
• Secun de la Rosa as Carlos

Release

The film screened at the Málaga Film Festival in 2002.^[4][5] It was theatrically released in Spain on 5 July 2002.^[6]

Sequel

The film was followed three years later by a sequel entitled The 2 Sides of the Bed. Martínez-Lázaro and Serrano return as director and screenwriter while Alterio, Toledo, San Juan, Esteve and de la Rosa all reprise their roles.

Adaptations

In 2004, a musical adaptation of the film was made under the same name; it premiered in Madrid on 16 September.

A French remake entitled Cheating Love [fr; es; uk] (On va s'aimer in French speaking markets) was released in 2006. It was written and directed by Ivan Calbérac [fr; de] and stars Julien Boisselier, Alexandra Lamy, Mélanie Doutey and Gilles Lellouche among others.

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2002