The Damned Rib (Spanish: Esa maldita costilla) is a 1999 comedy film starring some of the most famous actresses of Argentina and Spain: Susana Giménez, Betiana Blum, Rossy de Palma and Loles León.
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Plot
Astrologer Lila (León), literature teacher Margarita (de Palma), erotic-line telephonist Rosa (Blum), and recently divorced faithful wife Azucena (Giménez) all live in the same apartment building. One night, they decide to go together to have fun by attending a show of male striptease. Juan (Luis Brandoni), the taxi driver who brings them to the club, pays attention to a conversation in which each of the women describe their own ideal of a man. From that moment on, Juan dedicates himself to woo each of them one by one by assuming the different personalities of each of the women's ideal man. The plot is soon discovered and the four ladies come to an agreement: to share their ideal man and spend one week each with him.
Cast
Rossy de Palma...Margarita
Loles León...Lila
Susana Giménez...Azucena
Luis Brandoni...Juan / Arnold / Salvatore / David / Guillermo
Betiana Blum...Rosa
Rodolfo Ranni...Carlos
Fabián Gianola...Tito
Guillermo Nimo...Himself
Débora Astrosky...Flora
Gonzalo Urtizberea...Efraim
Roly Serrano...Julio
Nicole Neumann
Trivia
Each of the female characters is named after a different type of flower (lilac, daisy, rose and asucena)
Guillermo Nimo, a famous and controversial football referee, appears as himself.
Guillermo Francella makes a cameo in the final scene of the movie.
The film was made after the scandalous divorce of Argentine diva Susana Giménez. Rumours say that she made the film to describe in the script what really happened.