The Best Summer of My Life
The Best Summer of My Life () is a 2018 Spanish comedy film directed by Dani de la Orden starring Leo Harlem, Toni Acosta, Maggie Civantos and Jordi Sánchez together with Alejandro Serrano and Stephanie Gil. It is a remake of the 2013 Italian film "Sole a catinelle". Plot. Curro, a salesman, is a scoundrel with a heart of gold who promises his son Nico a holidays that he is not able to afford. Production. Consisting of a remake of the 2013 Italian film "Sole a catinelle" (written by Gennaro Nunziante and Checco Zalone), the  screenplay of "The Best Summer of My Life" was written by , Marta Suárez, Daniel Castro and Olatz Arroyo. Valentín Álvarez was charged with the cinematography whereas Zacarías M. de la Riva authored the score. Produced by Álamo Audiovisual, A.I.E., Atresmedia Cine, S.L. and Álamo Producciones Audiovisuales, S.L., the film was primarily shot in the island of Tenerife, the province of Toledo, Arganda del Rey and Aluche. Tenerife was used to primarily portray the fictional setting in Marbella. Only two brief aerial shots actually correspond to the latter city. Release. The film was presented at the 21st Málaga Spanish Film Festival  (FCME) on 21 April 2018. Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, the film was theatrically released on 12 July 2018. "The Best Summer of My Life" became the third best performing Spanish film at the domestic box office in 2018, grossing circa €8 million. Reception. Raquel Hernández Luján of "HobbyConsolas" gave the film 78 out of 100 points, considering it to be "a fresh and white comedy, tremendously well-intentioned", highlighting Leo Harlem's performance as well as the supporting cast while negatively assessing the overly "childish" and "dumbish" dramatic side. Manuel J. Lombardo of "Diario de Sevilla" wrote that  the film encapsulates the comedic performance of Leo Harlem within a bland format displaying a "shameful plot" and "shoddy forms" making "any complicity with the proposal literally impossible". Pere Vall of "Fotogramas" gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Leo Harlem's performance. Toni Vall of "Cinemanía" gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing that despite being "well directed", the film was at the service of a "forgetful insubstantiality" and that it was particularly "innocuous".