A wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.A wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.A wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 13 nominations
Melina Matthews
- Directora de fotografía
- (as Melina Mathews)
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- TriviaThe movie within the movie is based on a novel by Daniel Mantovani, the main character in The Distinguished Citizen (2016), played by Oscar Martínez. Mantovani even tells the story at the beginning of the movie.
- ConnectionsReferences The Distinguished Citizen (2016)
- SoundtracksPiano Sonata no.4 Op. 7: II
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven (as Beethoven)
Performed by Judith Jáuregui
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Outstanding gem of a movie, Spanish with English subtitles.
The three stars of this movie are Penélope Cruz as famous director Lola Cuevas, Antonio Banderas as famous actor Félix Rivero, and Oscar Martínez as another famous actor Iván Torres. In a stroke of good planning the three actors also are the producers.
A wealthy businessman turning 80 wants to be remembered for something. Maybe build a bridge and name it for him? No, he finally decides to buy the rights to a novel and have a movie made. Lola will direct, Felix and Ivan will star as the brothers in a broken family relationship.
The two actor characters each have large egos, the title could be a reference to their competition with each other during rehearsals. But also near the end, when a news conference is being held, it is at an "official competition."
I will not say more about the contents of the movie, suffice to say it is brilliantly scripted and executed. Some small, seemingly insignificant, things we see during the middle of the movie return to be very important as the final scenes roll. A really entertaining and thinking person's movie.
It is in Spanish with English subtitles, which isn't my favorite way to watch a movie, but it was not difficult to both read and watch.
A wealthy businessman turning 80 wants to be remembered for something. Maybe build a bridge and name it for him? No, he finally decides to buy the rights to a novel and have a movie made. Lola will direct, Felix and Ivan will star as the brothers in a broken family relationship.
The two actor characters each have large egos, the title could be a reference to their competition with each other during rehearsals. But also near the end, when a news conference is being held, it is at an "official competition."
I will not say more about the contents of the movie, suffice to say it is brilliantly scripted and executed. Some small, seemingly insignificant, things we see during the middle of the movie return to be very important as the final scenes roll. A really entertaining and thinking person's movie.
It is in Spanish with English subtitles, which isn't my favorite way to watch a movie, but it was not difficult to both read and watch.
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- TxMike
- Nov 16, 2022
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- Офіційний конкурс
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $593,790
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,150
- Jun 19, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $4,732,405
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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