On the occasion of his 80th birthday, a legacy-minded pharmaceutical tycoon (José Luis Gómez) with billions to spare, and not a dime’s worth of prestige, toys with leaving behind a bridge to better humanity, before optioning the rights to a big screen adaptation of a Nobel prize-winning novel he's never read. Hired to direct is frizzy-permed Lola Cuevas (Penélope Cruz), a visionary who immediately takes control: it's her film and not one word of the script is going to be changed. Eager to take a chainsaw to the old adage about opposites attracting, Cuevas casts in the roles of feuding brothers celebrated thespian Iván (Oscar Martínez) and movie star Félix (Antonio Banderas). There are moments in this bitchfest to rival All About Eve — try Saran-Wrapping two hams together as Cuevas runs their acting prizes through a metal shredded — with enough spirited nastiness and contemptuous digs at pretentious actors to fill a dozen features. For reasons that will eventually become clear, we never make it past the rehearsal stage. Cruz may play the fictional director, but when it comes to calling the shots, Official directors Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat encase their cast in frames worthy of "Architectural Digest." And revenge in the form of acting demonstrations has seldom been funnier. Not to be missed! (2021) — Scott Marks
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