John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentPenelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas are Spain’s biggest Hollywood names, and Pedro Almodovar’s most frequent stars, but – extraordinary as it may seem – to date, they’ve had just two minutes on screen together, in the opening scene of 2013’s “I’m So Excited.”In comedy “Official Competition,” a frontrunner for Venice selection next Monday, they get to share the screen for the whole of the film.
If a teaser trailer, released Thursday, is anything to go by, however, for their characters at least it doesn’t look like a comfortable experience at all.Produced by The Mediapro Studio, with RTVE, TV3 and Orange España, and brought onto the market by sales agent Protagonist Pictures at this year’s.
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