Draft:Our Lovers (2016 Film)

• Comment: The film seems to meet notability guidelines, but the state of the article needs to be improved before being moved to mainspace. The article's lede is uncited (which is fine as long as those facts are discussed and cited later in the article, which is not the case here). The article solely focuses on the Plot summary. As the article is a stub, trim the plot summary, summarize it shortly instead of that broad description (see MOS:PLOT.) There are reviews available on the film, try to include those creating a new section (Reception).
  I do not advocate and have a deterrence for introducing stubs to Wikipedia. I'd urge you to expand the article as suggested, and introduce sources properly, then resubmit. Regards. X (talk) 14:06, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

RESPONSE: As an editor who has successfully enhanced many plot summaries on Wikipedia (many of which were stubs), I disagree with your comments that the plot summary reads more like an "essay" than a plot summary. It gives a well-written and accurate summation of the plot similar to many others covering films in Wikipedia that is within the 700 word guideline. Here are some examples of plot summaries that you would deem "essays":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_(1941_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown_(1974_film)

The article cites two references.

There are many weak stubs that have far less content on Wikipedia, available for others to enhance. Why is this one--which is accurate and has references--unworthy of publication as a starting point, available for enhancements such as "Production" and "Reception" comments and graphics such as a movie poster?

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Our Lovers
File:TO BE UPLOADED Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Miguel Ángel Lamata
Screenplay by	Miguel Ángel Lamata
Produced by	Raúl García Medrano
Starring	Michelle Jenner Eduardo Noriega Amaia Salamanca Gabino Diego Fele Martinez Full Credits
Cinematography	Fran Fernández Pardo
Edited by	Nick DeMaggio
Music by	Roque Baños
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	2016
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish with English subtitles

Our Lovers is a Spanish romantic comedy film, released on June 3, 2016, written and directed by Miguel Ángel Lamata. It stars Michelle Jenner and Eduardo Noriega, along with Amaia Salamanca, Fele Martínez and Gabino Diego.

Plot Summary

Carlos, a successful but frustrated screenwriter in Zaragoza, Spain, is coping with romantic and professional disappointments. His wife of 8 years, Maria, has asked for a 2-month separation “to think things over.” He aspires to write a serious dramatic play, Bukowski and Capote in Hell, instead of what he considers the silly low-brow--but popular--animated comedy movies “Mema y Lerda” (Ditzy and Bozo) that Carlos and his partner, Cristobal, are serializing.

In a bookstore coffee shop, Carlos meets Irene, who sits down at his table and proposes an intriguing game that he cannot resist: two strangers should set aside the meaningless conventions and pretensions that get in the way of candor and behave the guileless way children do when first meeting at a park. Children spontaneously agree to play together for a time without “burdensome details,” without any preconceptions or expectations, to see where the friendship might lead. The only pre-condition: do not fall in love. Carlos deems Irene a beautiful prototypical “manic pixie dream girl.”

Carlos doesn't immediately share with Irene that he has other reasons for accepting her invitation to get to know each other “unburdened by expectations.” He has recently discovered that his wife, Maria, is having an affair with Jorge, Irene’s former poet boyfriend of 2 years. A few weeks into Maria’s proposed 2-month separation from their marriage, a suspicious Carlos trailed her, discovering Maria’s affair with Jorge. A few days later, Carlos followed Jorge undetected to a bookstore café and witnessed Jorge’s breakup with Irene and her resulting devastation. At this same bookstore, a few days later, Irene—unaware of Carlos’s connection to Jorge’s lover—had approached Carlos with the “fresh start” proposition. Intrigued by the other rejected person in the “foursome”, Carlos doesn't immediately disclose to Irene the complication in their “unburdened” relationship.

They arrange a meeting in a weeks’ time. At a museum and park, in a series of conversations and situations―still without knowing each other’s names―Carlos and Irene exchange philosophies of life, literary aspirations, love, and past bad relationships. When Carlos eventually reveals to Irene their Jorge-Maria connection, they discuss what failings in their respective characters made each obsessed by a narcissist. Carlos cynically posits that their partners have left them to find someone better. If they return, it's because they failed to find anyone better, not because they gained insight or appreciation.

Drawn to each other, Carlos and Irene have sex, still without knowing each other’s names. Afterwards, they return to the bookstore café, where Maria and Jorge encounter them, each calling out the name of Carlos or Irene, thus affecting an introduction. Irene and Carlos are now better able to deal with the manipulations of their narcissists as each couple discusses what caused the failure of their relationship.

Carlos and Maria agree to attempt a reconciliation for the sake of their 5-year-old daughter, Laura. Jorge finds Irene less complacent; Irene tells Jorge that he has cheated on her once before and that they are now over for good. Irene tells Carlos that she understands that he cannot break off his marriage so easily for his daughter’s sake, and they both agree that they have shared unforgettable moments together.

While packing up his things at Cristobal’s house, where he has been staying during his separation, Carlos discusses his reasons for accepting Maria back. Cristobal discloses that prior to the trial separation, Maria seduced him when Carlos was out of town on business. Carlos realizes that Maria will never change.

Two weeks later, Irene sits alone at a table at the bookstore cafe. Carlos joins her, disclosing that he paid the waiter to tip him off when she next appeared. Irene teases him, saying she is waiting for Jorge. Carlos asks incredulously if she is back with Jorge for a third time. Irene tells him that she has not seen Jorge since the night she told them they were through but points out that it only took Maria three minutes to win Carlos back. Carlos informs her that he did not reconcile with Maria. They declare their love for each other and agree to continue to get to know each other better.

Cast

Michelle Jenner - Irene
Eduardo Noriega - Carlos
Fele Martínez - Cristobal
Amaia Salamanca - Maria
Gabino Diego - Jorje
Jorje Uson - Waiter
Maria Jose Moreno - Ursula
Cristina Gallego - Mema
Salome Jimenez - Lerda
Irene Lopez Caballero - Poochie

External links

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4631532/