La película del rey, besides being one of the best Argentine movies ever, is an interesting epic of an artist. The whole story is about a film director who just wants to shoot his production in a Third World country, in which neither the market nor the state will help him. So, actors go on strike, producers suddenly disappear, technicians don't like the work they are doing and everyone expects to earn a huge amount of money, since they are in showbiz. In the end, the artist is still dreaming with his story, he goes on filming alone, with the only help of his best friend, one of the producers, and everything goes wrong. However, one last scene is deeply touching: without a penny, going back to the city from the shooting scenarios, in Patagonia, in a lousy train, the director starts dreaming again with another powerful wonderful history. All this, narrated with a very particular humor and an unique love for film-making itself, makes this my very personal very favorite movie.
Review of A King and His Movie
