The Good Boss

Academy Award Winner Javier Bardem stars as Blanco, proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.

Keywords

  • Awarded comedies
  • European Film Awards
  • Film Festival Oostende
  • Film Festival Oostende (home)
  • Focus: Javier Bardem
  • Goya Award for Best Film
  • Most watched films on Sooner in 2024
  • Premios Goya
  • San Sebastian Film Festival
  • Satirical films
  • Spanish Cinema
  • The Sooner team's favorites: Pierre

Actors

  • Javier Bardem
  • Manolo Solo
  • Almudena Amor
  • Óscar de la Fuente
  • Sonia Almarcha

Director

  • Fernando León de Aranoa

Comedy

1h 56min

-12

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Spain
2021
Academy Award Winner Javier Bardem stars as Blanco, proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.

Academy Award Winner Javier Bardem stars as Blanco, proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.


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