When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are two actors with massive talent but even bigger egos: Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero and radical theatre actor Iván Torres. Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric trials set by Lola, Félix and Iván must confront not only each other but also their own legacies. Who will be left when the cameras finally start rolling?
Antonio Banderas
Félix Rivero
Penélope Cruz
Lola Cuevas
Oscar Martínez
Iván Torres
José Luis Gómez
Humberto Suárez
Manolo Solo
Matías
Nagore Aranburu
Julia
Irene Escolar
Diana Suárez
Pilar Castro
Violeta
Koldo Olabarri
Darío
Juan Grandinetti
Ariel
Jean Dominikowski
Coach defensa personal Félix
Amanda Goldsmith
Novias Félix
Mary Ruiz
Novias Félix
María Guinea
Novias Félix
Isabel García Lorca
Directora de arte
Xana del Mar
Asistente de arte
Melina Matthews
Directora de fotografía
Sue Flack
Directora de vestuario
Lucía Arestegui
Asistente de vestuario
Pilar Bergés
Empleadas limpieza fundación
Myriam Diego
Empleadas limpieza fundación
Daniel Chamorro
Cóctel
Mónica Bardem
Cóctel
Ana Belén
Cóctel
Ken Appledorn
Invitada cóctel
Director, Screenplay
Gastón Duprat
Director, Screenplay
Mariano Cohn
Screenplay
Andrés Duprat
August 29, 2022
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"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 some juicily dark humour as the two play games with one and other - and with "Lola" too. They even cast the daughter of their producer "Diana" (Irene Escolar) who takes part in an hot make-out scene with the director whilst her somewhat astonished father looks on, bewildered... It's really well paced, with rarely a dull moment leading to a denouement that I found entirely satisfactory. It is a touch on the long side but is a wonderful send up of the pretentiousness of the film industry poking fun at the shallowness and pseudo-intellectualism of those involved in a frequently laugh out loud fashion. It probably doesn't need to be seen on a big screen - largely consisting of indoor photography based around their endlessly lively rehearsals, but if you do get an opportunity to watch, then you ought not to be disappointed. Cruz's hair seems to have a life of it's own too!