Mar 29, 2019
73 min
Full-HD

Searching for Oscar (2019)

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.

Category

Documentary

Country

Spain

Companies

Calibrando Producciones RTVC À Punt

Óscar Peyrou

Self - Film Critic

Alfonso Quiñones

Self - Journalist

Carlos Francisco Elías

Self - Film Critic

Jesús García Cívico

Self - RC Staff Member

Ximo Rochera

Self - RC Staff Member

Sara Trujillo

Self - RC Staff Member

Javier Díaz Valero

Self - Journalist

Antonio Weinrichter

Self - Film Critic

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