COUNTRY
Spain
PRODUCTION
Buena Vista International, The Mediapro Studio
YEAR2021
DURATION114 min
WRITING Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn, Andrés Duprat
CINEMATOGRAPHY Arnau Valls Colomer
CAST Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, Oscar Martínez, Irene Escolar
SYNOPSIS In search of transcendence and social prestige, a multimillionaire businessman decides to make a film that will leave a lasting mark. To do so, he hires the best: a stellar team made up of the renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas (Penélope Cruz) and two celebrated actors, owners of immense talent but even greater egos, the Hollywood star Félix Rivero (Antonio Banderas) and the radical theater actor Iván Torres (Oscar Martínez). Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric tests devised by Lola, Félix and Iván must confront not only each other, but also their own legacies.
Mariano Cohn y Gastón Duprat
Argentine filmmakers and screenwriters, they have worked as a creative duo since the late 1990s. They are known for a satirical, critical, and provocative style, both in film and television, with a strong focus on critiquing art, power, and social contradictions. In television, they created influential series such as
Televisión por la identidad,
El hombre de tu vida, and
Enciclopedia, which helped renew Argentine fiction. In cinema, they achieved international recognition with films like
The Distinguished Citizen,
My Masterpiece, and
Official Competition. Their work is characterized by sharp, uncomfortable humor as a narrative tool. Today, they are leading figures in contemporary Argentine audiovisual production.
FILMOGRAPHY
Homo Argentum (feature film, 2025),
Competencia oficial (feature film, 2021),
Mi obra maestra (feature film, 2018),
El ciudadano ilustre (feature film, 2016),
Living Stars (feature film, 2014),
El artista (feature film, 2008)
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