The general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Frémaux, who has a sense of humor (more than the Dardenne brothers, in any case), would undoubtedly have selected this film if it had not been presented in Venice.
Think: a squeaky prank on the process of creating a film that spares no one, while being carried by two stars: the winning combo on the Croisette!
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Rich with millions and anxious to leave his name in history, a tycoon of the pharmaceutical industry embarks on the production of cinema.
He buys the rights to a famous book
(Rivalité)
that he hasn't read and won't read, then chooses a renowned director (lesbian, cruel, crazy, redhead, award-winning) to put it into pictures.
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Lola Cuevas (Penélope Cruz) herself sets her sights on two great actors that everything opposes to embody two brothers who hate each other.
Félix (Antonio Banderas) is arrogant, exuberant, pretentious, attracted by money, fame and rewards, ready to do anything to obtain them;
Iván (Oscar Martínez) is…
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