Antonio Banderas's film star and Oscar Martínez’s stage actor vie for the attention of Penélope Cruz’s wayward director in this filmmaking satire from Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat.

Independent cinema darling and Cannes Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Lola Cuevas (Cruz) is approached by an ailing business mogul to make a film that he hopes will be his legacy for the world. Given carte blanche over the casting – Suárez’s only condition was that she choose ‘the best’ – she pits acclaimed but stiflingly snobbish Ivan Torres (Martínez) against handsome but superficial screen icon Felix Rivero (Banderas). And oh boy do sparks fly!

Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn’s hilariously biting film offers a different perspective from other movies about movies; namely by honing in on the rehearsal period before filming to give light on the underbelly of egomaniacs that make up a certain proportion of the industry.

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