Cold Call (film)

Cold Call is a 2012 Spanish film directed and co-written by Xavi Puebla, which stars Antonio Dechent and María Valverde alongside Nick Nolte, José Luis García Pérez, and Héctor Colomé.

Plot

Desperate in an effort to sell 500 product units in three days in order to avoid losing his job, a salesman of electric appliances enlists the help from a convention hostess to concoct a plan in order to convince a major North-American customer during an industry fair.

Production

The screenplay was written by and. Maestranza Films' Antonio Pérez took over production duties. Shooting locations included Seville.

Release

The film was presented at the 15th Málaga Film Festival's main competition in April 2012. Its festival run also included the Toulouse Spanish Film Festival. Distributed by Oliete Films, it was theatrically released in Spain on 15 March 2013.

Reception

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting the great direction of the actors.
of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a "magnificent fable about a loser with no way out" in which Dechent and Valverde perform a "psycho-anthropological transaction".