Official Competition (2021)

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Synopsis

Dirs: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat. Spanish-language Comedy. Hoping for on-screen chemistry, a film director (Penélope Cruz) casts a popular, internationally known actor (Antonio Banderas) to play opposite a very serious, dramatic actor (Oscar Martinez) in a film produced by a wealthy businessman (José Luis Gómez) looking to change his image.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, sexual slurs, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent hand-to-hand violence - no blood, some detail
• Infrequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• The artistic temperament
• Ego and persona
• Perspectives on performance

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, nudity, and violence

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