The Other Side of the Bed

The Other Side of the Bed (El otro lado de la cama) a.k.a. The Wrong Side of the Bed is a 2002 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro and written by David Serrano, which stars Ernesto Alterio, Paz Vega, Guillermo Toledo and Natalia Verbeke alongside Alberto San Juan and María Esteve. A box-office hit, it became the highest-grossing Spanish film in the domestic market in 2002.

Plot
Sex, love, lies, bed-hopping and mistaken identities abound in this pop musical-comedy set in Madrid. The gorgeous Paula breaks up with her boyfriend Pedro in order to continue her affair with Javier. The immature Javier however, is unwilling to break up with his current girlfriend Sonia, or confess to their affair to Pedro, who happens to be his best friend.

Release
The film screened at the Málaga Film Festival in 2002. It was theatrically released in Spain on 5 July 2002.

Sequel
The film was followed three years later by a sequel entitled The 2 Sides of the Bed. Martínez-Lázaro and Serrano return as director and screenwriter while Alterio, Toledo, San Juan, Esteve and de la Rosa all reprise their roles.

Adaptations
In 2004, a musical adaptation of the film was made under the same name; it premiered in Madrid on 16 September.

A French remake entitled Cheating Love (On va s'aimer in French speaking markets) was released in 2006. It was written and directed by Ivan Calbérac and stars Julien Boisselier, Alexandra Lamy, Mélanie Doutey and Gilles Lellouche among others.