
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Documentary
Overview
How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the restrictive frame of the television screen and the abusive requirements of advertising. (Followed by “Filmmakers in Action.”)
Top Cast


Marta Belmonte
Marta Belmonte
Marta
Marta Belmonte
Marta
Jesús Ángel Domínguez
Jesús Ángel Domínguez
Jester
Jesús Ángel Domínguez
Jester
Víctor Jerez
Víctor Jerez
Knight
Víctor Jerez
Knight


Tunet Vila
Tunet Vila
Monk
Tunet Vila
Monk


Daniel Medrán
Daniel Medrán
Navarrete
Daniel Medrán
Navarrete
Antonio Regueiro
Antonio Regueiro
Philip II of Spain
Antonio Regueiro
Philip II of Spain
Ramón Planas
Ramón Planas
Priest
Ramón Planas
Priest
Tomàs Mallol
Tomàs Mallol
Professor
Tomàs Mallol
Professor
Santiago Lapeira
Santiago Lapeira
Projectionist
Santiago Lapeira
Projectionist


Mark Schardan
Mark Schardan
Receptionist
Mark Schardan
Receptionist
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