- Original name: Competencia oficial
- Country: Spain
- Genre: drama, comedy
- Producer: M. Cohn, G. Duprat
- World premiere: 2021
- Starring: P. Cruz, A. Banderas, M. Matthews, O. Martinez, I. Escolar, C. Ipolito, P. Castro, M. Solo, K. Kolokolchikova, J. Luis Gomez and others.
The Official Competition is a new comedy drama featuring two of Spain's most recognizable cinematographers, Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, as well as Oscar Martinez. Banderas and Martinez will play actors with completely different approaches to work. Their methods contradict each other while preparing for a film funded by an energetic millionaire. Cruz will play a prestigious but eccentric director. The release date of the film "Official Competition" is expected in 2021.
Plot
Two famous actors had a falling out on the set of a film funded by an ill-famed millionaire. To save the film, he hires a famous eccentric director.
Production
The director's post was shared by Argentine directors Mariano Cohn (The Artist, The Neighbor, The Mousetrap, The Free Citizen) and Gaston Duprat (The Masterpiece, The Neighbor).
Voiceover team:
- Screenplay: M. Cohn, Andres Duprat (Masterpiece, Freeman), G. Duprat;
- Producer: Jaume Roures (The Secret Life of Words, Messi, Salvador);
- Operator: Arnau Waltz Colomer ("Jack Ryan", "The Adventures of a Ghost");
- Editing: Alberto del Campo ("Kingdom", "Forgive us, Lord");
- Artists: Alain Baine (The Machinist, Snow White, Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Sarah Natividad (Angel or Demon), Wanda Morales (Escobar, Lighthouse of the Whales).
Studio
The MediaPro Studio
Filming location: Madrid.
Actors
Cast:
- Penelope Cruz (All About My Mother, Cocaine, Don't Go, American Crime Story, Pain and Glory, 355);
- Antonio Banderas ("House of Spirits", "Desperate", "Pain and Glory", "Interview with the Vampire", "Philadelphia");
- Melina Matthews (Vis-a-vis, Megan Leavey);
- Oscar Martinez (Wild Stories);
- Irena Escolar (Dreaming of Argentina, Isabella);
- Carlos Ipolito (Ministry of Time);
- Pilar Castro (My Big Spanish Family);
- Manolo Solo (Pan's Labyrinth, Dancing under the Stars);
- Karina Kolokolchikova (Paradise Hills);
- Jose Luis Gomez (The Ghosts of Goya, The Skin I Live In).
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- This will be MediaPro Studio's third collaboration with Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat after Mi obra maestra 2018 and The Mousetrap (4 × 4) 2019.
- Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas recently starred in Pedro Almodovar's film “Pain and Glory "(2019)though they didn't share scenes.
Stay tuned for updates, we will definitely add up-to-date information on the exact release date and post a trailer for the film "Official Competition" (2021).
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