US 
Canada 
Mexico 
UK 
Ireland 
Australia 
Argentina 
Chile 
Colombia 
Uruguay 
Paraguay 
Peru 
Ecuador 
Venezuela 
Costa Rica 
Honduras 
Guatemala 
Bolivia 
Dominican Rep. The Competition
- Original title
- The Competition
- Year
- 2013
- Running time
- 90 min.
- Country
Spain- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
-
Documentary
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Documentary | Architecture
- Synopsis
- A raw account of how some of the world's leading architects, giants such as Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid, struggle to beat the competition for the National Art Museum in Andorra. The presentations before the jury take place in a single intense day in the run-up to the elections in Andorra, making this a significant event for this tiny country; this is both a fascinating study of the personality and strategy of each starchitect…and a dramatic instant in which each detail is both important and irrelevant, and the frontier between success and failure is perfectly imperceptible.
Although almost as old as the profession itself, architectural competitions became a social, political and cultural phenomenon of the property bubble in the post-Guggenheim Bilbao era. Set at the dramatic moment when the property crash developed into a global crisis, this is the first architecture competition whose processes have been documented in a film, thereby creating an unclassifiable work of art -simultaneously an intense thriller, an ethnographic report and a cult film featuring some of the icons of contemporary architecture.
- Movie Soulmates' ratings
-
Register so you can access movie recommendations tailored to your movie taste.
- Friends' ratings
-
Register so you can check out ratings by your friends, family members, and like-minded members of the FA community.
Is the synopsis/plot summary missing? Do you want to report a spoiler, error or omission? Please send us a message.
If you are not a registered user please send us an email to [email protected]
If you are not a registered user please send us an email to [email protected]
All copyrighted material (movie posters, DVD covers, stills, trailers) and trademarks belong to their respective producers and/or distributors.
For US ratings information please visit: www.mpaa.org www.filmratings.com www.parentalguide.org
