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{{Infobox film
| image    = A Gun in Each Hand poster.jpg
| caption  = Film poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Una pistola en cada mano|nolink=yes}}
| director = [[Cesc Gay]]
| producer = Marta Esteban
| screenplay = {{ubl|Tomàs Aragay|Cesc Gay}}
| starring = {{Plain list|
* [[Javier Cámara]]
* [[Ricardo Darín]]
* [[Eduard Fernández]]
* [[Jordi Mollà]]
* [[Eduardo Noriega (Spanish actor)|Eduardo Noriega]]
* [[Alberto San Juan]]
* [[Leonardo Sbaraglia]]
* [[Luis Tosar]]
* [[Cayetana Guillén Cuervo]]
* [[Candela Peña]]
* [[Clara Segura]]
* [[Leonor Watling]]
}}
| cinematography = Andreu Rebés
| music    =
| distributor = [[Filmax]]
| studio = Impossible Films
| country  = Spain
| language = Spanish
| runtime  =
| released = {{Film date|2012|11|17|[[Rome Film Festival|Rome]]|2012|12|05|Spain|df=yes}}
}}
'''''A Gun in Each Hand''''' ({{langx|es|'''Una pistola en cada mano'''|links=no}}) is a 2012 Spanish comedy film directed by [[Cesc Gay]].
== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Javier Cámara]] as S.<ref name="rtve">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/rtve/20140615/version-espanola-estrena-pistola-cada-mano-retrato-ironico-sobre|website=[[rtve]]|title=  'Versión Española' estrena 'Una pistola en cada mano', un retrato irónico sobre los hombres de hoy|date=15 June 2014}}</ref>
* [[Ricardo Darín]] as G.<ref name="rtve" />
* [[Eduard Fernández]] as E.<ref name="rtve" />
* [[Jordi Mollà]] as M.<ref name="rtve" />
* [[Eduardo Noriega (Spanish actor)|Eduardo Noriega]] as P.<ref name="rtve" />
* [[Leonor Watling]] as Maria<ref name="rtve" />
* [[Alberto San Juan]] as A.<ref name="rtve" />
* [[Leonardo Sbaraglia]] as J.<ref name="rtve" />
* [[Luis Tosar]] as L.<ref name="rtve" />
* [[Cayetana Guillén Cuervo]] as Sara<ref name="rtve" />
* [[Candela Peña]] as Mamen<ref name="rtve" />
* [[Clara Segura]] as Elena<ref name="rtve" />
}}
== Production ==
== Release ==
The film was selected for screening as the closing film of the 7th [[Rome Film Festival]] on 17 November 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a494213/exclusiva-el-masculino-cartel-de-una-pistola-en-cada-mano/|website=[[Fotogramas]]|title=Exclusiva: el masculino carte de 'Una pistola en cada mano'|date=13 November 2012}}</ref> Distributed by [[Filmax]],<ref name="release" /> it was theatrically released on 5 December 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/cesc-gay-imparte-la-segunda-clase-magistral-de-la-iniciativa-butaca-reservada/|website=Audiovisual451|title=Cesc Gay imparte la segunda clase magistral de la iniciativa 'Butaca Reservada'|date=5 February 2014}}</ref>
== Reception ==
Jonathan Holland of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' deemed the film to be a "a witty, perceptive dissection of midlife masculine insecurities that’s all about dialogue and what some fine thesps can do with it".<ref name="holland">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/a-gun-in-each-hand-1117948821/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|date=26 November 2012|title=A Gun in Each Hand}}</ref>
== Accolades ==
{{Awards table|5}}
|-
| align = "center" rowspan = "9" | 2013
| rowspan = "6" | 5th [[Gaudí Awards]] || colspan = "2" | Best Non-Catalan language Film || {{won}} || rowspan = "6" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beteve.cat/cultura/les-mes-nominades-als-premis-gaudi/#!|website=beteve.cat|date=3 February 2013|first=Albert|last=Muñoz|title=Les més nominades als Premis Gaudí 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/12864/blancanieves-imposible-pistola-mano-premios-gaudi-2013/|website=ecartelera|title='Blancanieves', 'Lo Imposible' y 'Una pistola en cada mano' acaparan los Premios Gaudí 2013|date=4 February 2013}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director || Cesc Gay || {{nom}}
|-
| Best Screenplay || Tomàs Aragay, Cesc Gay || {{won}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || Candela Peña || {{won}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || Eduard Fernández || {{won}}
|-
| Best Costume Design || Anna Güell || {{nom}}
|-
| [[27th Goya Awards]] || [[Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] || Candela Peña || {{nom}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/una-pistola-en-cada-mano|publisher=[[Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España]]|website=[[Goya Awards|premiosgoya.com]]|title=Una pistola en cada mano|access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan = "2" | [[22nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards]] || Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role || Candela Peña || {{won}} || rowspan = "2" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/videos/actualidad/isabel-nominaciones-premios-union-actores_1_7686998.html|date=14 March 2013|title="Isabel" arrasa en las nominaciones de los Premios Unión de Actores|publisher=[[eldiario.es]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2013/06/03/madrid/1370294825_940393.html|website=[[El País]]|title=Actrices míticas triunfan en los Premios Unión de Actores|date=4 June 2013|first=Rosana|last=Torres}}</ref>
|-
| Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role || Eduard Fernández || {{nom}}
|}
== See also ==
* [[List of Spanish films of 2012]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|1945034}}
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[[Category:2012 comedy films]]
[[Category:Spanish comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Cesc Gay]]
[[Category:2010s Spanish-language films]]
[[Category:2010s Spanish films]]
[[Category:Spanish-language comedy films]]
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