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Official Competition

2022 | 1h 55m | Drama, Comedy, World
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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.

★★★★☆ | Read our full Official Competition review
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What we think

Even when Official Competition is lighter on laughs, it’s kept compelling by Cohn and Duprat’s formal ambition.
★★★★☆ | Read in full: Official Competition film review Jack Blackwell We Love Cinema

What others think

It’s a very funny film, sending-up human absurdities without being too mean. Cruz is a talented comedian, but she smartly plays it straight-ish here.
Cath Clarke The Guardian
Relentlessly funny, buoyed by the dangerously committed turns by its very game cast.
David Jenkins Little White Lies
The actors are subtle — Cruz and Banderas can be hilarious with a narrowed eye or a puzzled frown — but the screenplay, co-written by the directors with Andrés Duprat, is nowhere near as sophisticated.
Nicholas Barber IndieWire

Official Competition Movie details

Director

Mariano Cohn Gastón Duprat

Starring

Penelope Cruz Antonio Banderas Oscar Martinez José Luis Gómez

UK release date

26 Aug 2022

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