Searching for Oscar

Mar 29, 2019

1h 13m

★ 4.8

The film about the critic who does not watch the films

Overview

Óscar Peyrou is a veteran Spanish film critic who writes his reviews according to a very peculiar method: in his opinion, it is not really necessary to watch the films since it is possible to judge them simply by looking at their promotional poster.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Calibrando Producciones

RTVC

À Punt

Searching for Oscar Trailers

Cast

Self - Film Critic

Óscar Peyrou

Self - Journalist

Alfonso Quiñones

Self - Film Critic

Carlos Francisco Elías

Self - RC Staff Member

Jesús García Cívico

Self - RC Staff Member

Ximo Rochera

Self - RC Staff Member

Sara Trujillo

Self - Journalist

Javier Díaz Valero

Self - Film Critic

Antonio Weinrichter

Self - Film Critic

Claudio Utrera

Self - Radio Journalist

Javier Tolentino

Self - Journalist

Javier Suárez

Self - Journalist

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