The Cold Call
Spanish Cinema Now 2012
December 7 - 16, 2012
Forced to get a new contract signed or else lose his job, a businessman prepares for a meeting at a trade fair with a big American magnate (Nick Nolte).
TV salesman Salva knows he needs at least one big contract to bring him back into favor with his boss, so he heads to a trade fair where he hopes to make a pitch to Mr. Battleworth, a big American distributor. Weak on English, he enlists the aid of Ines, a hostess at the conference, but the meeting with Battleworth doesn’t turn out exactly as planned. A business fable for our times, The Cold Call features excellent performances from Antonio Dechent, Maria Valverde and Nick Nolte as Mr. Battleworth.
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