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Brett Alan Dewing
Jun 02, 2023
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It amuses me that this film was never really in the official conversation during awards season. A Spain/Argentina coproduction, it stars Penélope Cruz as a buzzy, eccentric filmmaker hired to write and direct a movie conceived with the sole aim of bringing a veneer of prestige to an aging pharmaceutical mogul. On a whim, he buys the rights to an acclaim…

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