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Cool Books

2026 · 87 min

A wry, low-key character study of a bitter writer, mixing dry humor with quiet melancholy.

Directed by: Andrés Salmoyraghi, Rafael López Saubidet
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Marcel Borràs, Silma López, Lorenzo Ferro

Tagline: Reading books doesn't make you a better person
Overview: Hilario is a frustrated 40-year-old writer, trapped between nostalgia for classic literature and cynicism about the contemporary publishing world. While his novel is rejected by all Spanish publishers, he makes a living selling books at the bookstore La Ménsula and teaching an online writing workshop for older ladies, although his caustic attitude and disdain for sentimental stories only serve to alienate them.

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Directed by: Andrés Salmoyraghi, Rafael López Saubidet
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Marcel Borràs, Silma López, Lorenzo Ferro

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Tone: cynicalstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
identity
work
art
isolation
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	2
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Complexity	5
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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Andrés Salmoyraghi, Rafael López Saubidet
Written by: Rafael López Saubidet, Ricardo Uhagon Vivas, Andrés Salmoyraghi
Starring: Marcel Borràs, Silma López, Lorenzo Ferro, Julián Villagrán, Adelfa Calvo, Secun de la Rosa, Viti Suárez, Rita Rodríguez
Music: José Maria Romero, David Otero
Cinematography: Christos Voudouris
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Spain
Languages: Spanish

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