Official Competition

8/29/2022

"Suárez" (José Luis Gómez) is a pharma gazillionaire who is concerned about his legacy. He considers building a bridge for the community before alighting on the idea of hiring wacky film director "Lola" (Penélope Cruz) to make a film based upon a book he hasn't even read! She recruits two actors - "Iván" (Oscar Martínez) and "Félix" (Antonio Banderas) who are the thespian equivalent of chalk and cheese. She is hoping that their rivalry will spice up her film... Well it certainly spices up this one! The former is a more method actor, a teacher, a considered and measured individual. The latter is a playboy, multi-award-winning Hollywood star with all the concomitant baggage that attracts. For the next two hours we have a really quite enjoyable series of sparring encounters, peppered with som