Competencia Oficial (aka Official Competition) (2022)

A billionaire (Jose Luis Gomez) finances a film by purchasing a critically acclaimed novel. He hires an award winning director (Penelope Cruz), who casts two very different actors to play brothers: a pretentious Method actor (Oscar Martinez) who disdains commercial film making and a popular movie star (Antonio Banderas), who basks in his fame. Her idea being that their different methods of working will bring a needed tension to the characters they're playing. Directed by Gaston Duprat and Mariano Cohn, this black comedy should be a treat for anyone familiar with the process of acting and film making. It pokes fun at the pomposity of actors and directors and their "Art" while still maintaining a sharp and quizzical eye on the fundamentals of cinema. With Irene Escolar and Manolo Solo.