A Sucker's Born Every Minute

A Sucker's Born Every Minute
Film poster
SpanishCada día nace un listo
Directed byArantxa Echevarría
Screenplay by
  • Arantxa Echevarría
  • Patricia Campo
Produced by
  • Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano
  • Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson
  • Luis Ferrón
Starring
CinematographyPilar Sánchez Díaz
Edited byVictoria Lammers
Music byZeltia Montes Muñoz
Production
companies
Distributed byA Contracorriente Films
Release dates
  • 13 March 2026 (2026-03-13) (Málaga)
  • 22 May 2026 (2026-05-22) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

A Sucker's Born Every Minute[1] (Spanish: Cada día nace un listo) is a 2026 Spanish black comedy film co-written and directed by Arantxa Echevarría. The cast is led by Hugo Silva.

Plot

Former talent show participant Toni Lomas, now at a low ebb, is contracted by Junior (the scion of a powerful businessman) via former fling Malena to steal a valuable painting from the family house, teaming up with La Mari and El Gallego.[2]

Cast

Production

Echevarría described the film as a "satirical thriller or a black comedy".[3][4] The film was produced by Atresmedia Cine, Lazona Producciones, Lazona Films and Olarizu Films AIE alongside Lamia Producciones Audiovisuales, and it had the participation of Atresmedia, EiTB, and Netflix. Shooting locations included Gipuzkoa and Biarritz.[5] Pilar Sánchez worked as director of photography, using an Arri Alexa 35 camera and Cooke Anamorphic SF lenses.[5]

Release

The film was presented at the 29th Málaga Film Festival on 13 March 2026.[6][7] Distributed by A Contracorriente Films,[3] the film is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 22 May 2026.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Sucker's Born Every Minute". Playtime. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Cada día nace un listo". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 11 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Rivera, Alfonso (17 March 2025). "Arantxa Echevarría directs Hugo Silva in Cada día nace un listo". Cineuropa.
  4. ^ Galindo, Guille (25 April 2025). "'Cada día nace un listo', la nueva película de Arantxa Echevarría tras 'La infiltrada', finaliza su rodaje". ecartelera.
  5. ^ a b "Finaliza el rodaje de 'Cada día nace un listo', la nueva película de Arantxa Echevarría". Camera and Light Mag. 25 April 2025.
  6. ^ "'Cada día nace un listo' desata la comedia más salvaje en el Festival de Málaga". Europa Press. 13 March 2026.
  7. ^ San Martín, Ignacio. "Doce películas españolas y diez iberoamericanas competirán en el 29 Festival de Málaga". Cadena SER.
  8. ^ López Sampaio, Manuel (24 December 2025). "Atresmedia Cine lidera el ranking de taquilla del cine español en 2025". La Razón.