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Film · 2018

En Busca del Oscar ('Searching for Oscar')

Original titleEn Busca del Óscar

Directed by Octavio Guerra

  • 1 h 12 min
  • Documentary
  • Spain
  • 7.4 AverageMovieNCo
  • 7.3 Users5 votes
  • 7.5 Critics1 review
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Synopsis

Documentary film that, in a mixture of reality and fiction, tells the story of Óscar Peyrou, the president of the Spanish Association of the Cinematic Press and critic who makes his articles in a rather peculiar way. To write your film reviews you do not need to see the movies, but just watching the poster is worth it. The mother of his childs died tow tears ago, a year after he abandoned her for a younger girl. Now he lives in an apartment in Madrid alone and full of blame because of the thing he did. Film festivals are the only reason for him to live, but something that could put in danger his journeys emerged some time ago.

Directed by Octavio Guerra, it has been one of the 7 films selected to be screened at the Berlin Critics' Week of 2018. It is the first Spanish film to make it into this selection.

The essentials

Runtime
72 min1 hour and 12 minutes
Box office
£102,379in UK
How long is En Busca del Oscar ('Searching for Oscar')?
1 hour and 12 minutes (72 minutes).
Who directed En Busca del Oscar ('Searching for Oscar')?
Octavio Guerra.
How much did En Busca del Oscar ('Searching for Oscar') make?
It took £102,379 in UK.
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Cast

Full cast (3)
Director
Octavio Guerra
Writers
Octavio Guerra
Producers
Octavio Guerra

Videos and trailers

All 2 videos
'Searching for Oscar' Trailer 1:1430 July 2018

Photos and posters

All 4 photos

Reviews

All 2 reviews
7.3 5 votes
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What the critics say 7.5, from one outlet

  • 7.5 El PaísJordi Costa If Peyrou's issue is true or a legend that's less important that the consistency of this portrait and the revealing chronicle of a survival on the red carpets. Read
  • IndiewireDavid Ehrlich A touching portrait of one man grappling with a life that has passed him by. The result is a touching look at the disconnect between everyday life and the personal history that informs every moment. Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • UK £102,379

Trivia

  • Spanish Pioneer

    It has been one of the 7 films selected to be screened at the Berlin Critics' Week of 2018. It is the first Spanish film to make it into this selection.

  • The project was born in a film festival

    This documentary portrays in a collateral way the world of films festivals, and of the badged press in there. It was in the Chicago Film Festival where the director and the protagonist met each other.

  • Between the Real and the Fiction

    The director and the protagonist admit that the story contains "narrative procedures similar to narration", but also that the documentary is "full of reality".

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