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Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz in Official Competition
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SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
Official Competition (15)
Directed by Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat
★★★★
ARGENTINE duo Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat team up again, this time to take aim at the pretentious world of cinema and art in this surreal, biting satire about a millionaire who hires a renowned eccentric filmmaker to make the greatest film ever as his legacy.
Penelope Cruz portrays the exacting director Lola Cuevas, who considers herself an artist, who deliberately casts famous film star Felix Rivero (Antonio Banderas) and intellectual Thespian Ivan Torres (Oscar Martinez) as brothers in this film within a film to see sparks fly.
Rivero, who loves the trappings of fame, is arrogant and feels turning up on set is enough as his charisma and talent will do the trick, while Torres believes in hard work, preparation, a fair wage and travels in economy.
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