Academy Award Winner Javier Bardem stars as Blanco, proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.
“It’s Javier Bardem’s show as he reunites with Fernando Leon de Aranoa for this parable of power.” – Screen International
“Reminiscent of the Coen brothers’ trademark cinematic sarcasm…slickly entertaining.” – The Hollywood Reporter
