El hombre de las mil caras

Following up his internationally acclaimed regional noir Marshland with a larger-scale study of institutional corruption, Rodríguez’s seventh feature proficiently borrows moves from Scorsese, Sorrentino and a surfeit of other stylists to tell the fact-inspired story of sometime spy Francisco Paesa […] (Guy Lodge, Variety) Smoke and Mirrors is the tale of a man who fooled an entire country. A tale of cheats and impostors, taking its inspiration from true facts. In 1995, Luis Roldán, Chief of the Guardia Civil, and his wife hire Francisco Paesa to conceal 1.500 million pesetas embezzled from the public coffers. With the help of Jesús Camoes, his inseparable partner, Paesa sets up a brilliant operation where truth and lies have hazy borders.