Directed by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat,
Official Competition stars
Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martínez as three
renowned filmmakers recruited by an egotistical billionaire to make a movie
together. Can they put their past rivalries behind them?
Official Competition is in UK/ROI cinemas from August
26th.
Check out the UK trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Independent cinema darling and Cannes Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Lola Cuevas (Penelope Cruz) is approached by ageing, ailing business mogul Humberto Suárez (José Luis Gómez) to make a film that he hopes will be his legacy for the world. Intended as an adaptation of a much-loved literary work, Cuevas has more experimental intentions than some turgid piece of heritage cinema. Given carte blanche over the casting – Suárez’s only condition was that she choose ‘the best’ – she pits acclaimed but stiflingly snobbish ‘Actor’ Ivan Torres (Oscar Martínez) against handsome but superficial screen icon Felix Rivero (Antonio Banderas), believing that the inevitable tension between the two can only help the film’s dynamic. She couldn’t be more right, as the three gather for a nine-day rehearsal that sees each pushed to their wits’ end and underpins Cuevas' belief that art is suffering.
