Filming wraps on “Official Competition”, the movie directed by Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat
It’s a wrap for filming on the movie “Official Competition”, a THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO production directed by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat (“The Distinguished Citizen”, “My Masterpiece”, “4x4”, “The Man Next Door”) and written by the two acclaimed Argentine filmmakers together with Andrés Duprat. Filming got underway in February and started up again in September after the coronavirus lock-down.
Starring PENÉLOPE CRUZ (winner of an Oscar® for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” by Woody Allen and produced by MEDIAPRO, and Best Actress at Cannes for “Volver” by Pedro Almodóvar), ANTONIO BANDERAS (Best Actor award at Cannes for Almodóvar’s “Pain & Glory” and OSCAR MARTÍNEZ (Best Actor Award at Venice Film Festival for “The Distinguished Citizen”, also by Cohn and Duprat).
Other cast members of “Official Competition” include José Luis Gómez, Nagore Aramburu, Irene Escolar, Manolo Solo and Pilar Castro, with this being the third movie produced by THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO with the renowned Argentinian directors Cohn and Duprat on the heels of “My Masterpiece” and “4x4”.
The film also includes the collaboration of Orange España, and international sales to be managed by Protagonist Pictures.
Plot
In search of transcendence and social prestige, a multimillionaire businessman decides to make a film that will leave a mark. For this, he hires the best: a stellar team consisting of famed filmmaker Lola Cuevas (Penelope Cruz) and two well-known actors, both of whom are immense talents, but with even bigger egos: Hollywood actor Felix Rivero (Antonio Banderas) and radical theatrical star Iván Torres (Oscar Martínez). Both legends, but not exactly the best of friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric tests designed by Lola, Felix and Ivan must face not only each other, but also their own legacies.
