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On June 30, the film “The Leading Role” (Competencia Оficial) is released in wide release – a bright tragicomedy directed by Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat about stars with stars, illuminating the underside of show business. The main roles are played by Oscar-winning Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, who previously starred together in the film Pain and Glory. The world premiere of the film took place as part of the Venice Film Festival, where the film received a standing ovation and received high reviews from the press. Film distribution in Russia is carried out by Pro: Vzglyad.
According to the plot, the vain billionaire set out to write his name in history, taking up the creation of the perfect film. The script is a book by a Nobel laureate, the director is fashionable and eccentric, the main roles are a broken sex symbol, the idol of millions and a high-browed dramatic actor. Wait for a masterpiece or wait for trouble?
Penélope Cruz plays Lola Cuevas, a well-known director and a favorite of world film festivals. With a proposal to finance her new film, the heroine is approached by an 80-year-old billionaire, the owner of a pharmaceutical company, who dreams of leaving a mark on history. In order for his name to be heard in the cinema, he is ready to purchase the rights to film adaptation of the novel of a recent Nobel laureate for big money. The novel itself tells about the enmity of two brothers, who were forever separated by the tragic death of their parents.
For the role of the main characters, Lola chooses actors with a diametrically opposite approach to the profession. Felix Rivero (Antonio Banderas) is a Hollywood star, a universally recognized handsome man, a real macho and an idol of millions. Ivan Torres (Oscar Martinez) is a theater artist, teacher and lover of Stanislavsky, an apologist for high art, who is convinced that the tastes of the mass public have nothing to do with art. It will not be easy for them to find a common language at rehearsals. Their competition will give rise to a lot of funny, ridiculous, absurd, and sometimes tragic situations.
The film also starred Oscar Martinez, Jose Luis Gomez, Irena Escolar, Pilar Castro, Manolo Solo and others.
Source: Hellomagazine
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