Blancanieves
Directed by:
Pablo BergerScreenplay:
Pablo BergerCinematography:
Kiko de la RicaComposer:
Alfonso de VilallongaCast:
Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina, Macarena García, Pere Ponce, Pere Vall, Inma Cuesta, Ramón Barea, Carlos Lasarte, Jinson Añazco (more)Plots(1)
A re-telling of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale 'Snow White'. Blancanieves is a breathtakingly beautiful film and a uniquely spirited homage to the black-and-white Golden Age of Europe's silent cinema. Set in a romanticised 1920s Seville, Berger's Snow White is Carmen, the daughter of a famous bullfighter, who lives under the tyrannical rule of her monstrous, evil stepmother, Encarna. She escapes and joins a troupe of bullfighting dwarves, where her beauty and natural talent in the ring attract notices from the press. Sewn the news reaches Encarna, who at last knows where to find Carmen and she prepares for the final showdown. (Reel Entertainment)
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A slightly different take on Snow White and her story, this time focusing on the form and shifting it to Spain a hundred years ago. Silent films don't get that much attention, but they still look good. Just as interesting is the colorful execution. However, the story itself doesn't offer anything additional, so credit goes to the form and to the midgets, who express a lot through silence.
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The third bloody movie about Snow White from 2012. This one takes place at the beginning of the 20th century in Sevilla, Spain, among bullfights, and the name of the heroine is Carmen. The movie is also black and white and silent, and it’s certainly a coincidence that it came out about a year after the Oscar winner, and also silent, The Artist. I don’t know who had the great idea of making this, but it has attracted quite a lot of people who spent a pleasant moment with this Southern European retro Snow White (18 nominations for the Goya Awards). My congratulations, but to celebrate Spanish filmography, I will have to wait for one of those nice atmospheric thrillers or horror movies.
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