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Blancanieves

Spain, France

2012

104 Min
Black and White
1.85:1
None
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DIR Pablo Berger

EXEC Jeremy Burdek, Nadia Khamlichi, Adrian Politowski, Gilles Waterkeyn

PROD Pablo Berger, Ibón Cormenzana, Jérôme Vidal

SCR Pablo Berger

DP Kiko de la Rica

CAST Maribel Verdú, Ángela Molina, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Inma Cuesta, Macarena García, Ramón Barea, Josep Maria Pou, Pere Ponce, Emilio Gavira, Carmen Belloch, Ignacio Mateos, Pere Vall, Sofía Oria, Carmen Segarra, Sergio Dorado

ED Fernando Franco

MUSIC Alfonso Vilallonga

SOUND Felipe Aragó

Toronto (Discovery), San Sebastián (Competition): Best Actress, Special Jury Prize, Rotterdam (Bright Future)

Synopsis

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who never knew her mother. She learned the art of her father, a famous bullfighter, but was hated by her evil stepmother. One day she ran away with a troupe of dwarfs and became a legend. Set in southern Spain in 1920s, Blancanieves is a tribute to silent film. –TIFF

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Joe Zaydon

4May13

Proof that silent film can be just as effective, if not moreso, as talkies. A beautiful experience from start to finish.

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The Future Mr. Gittes

3May13

The Artist was a good homage to the silent era, but Blancanieves fully embraces that cinema and captures its spirit, despite Berger's utilization of modern camerawork and editing. A refreshing, empowering remodel of the Snow White story (with bullfighting!). Wonderful music that deftly weaves together a traditional style silent score with Spanish rhythms. Imaginative, charming, offbeat, and unexpectedly affecting.

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oldfilmsflicker

3May13

shades of Vigo abound

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Ciprian Ailenei

22Apr13

Sure, let's ignore the fact that during the first half of the movie an under-aged girl is being followed by a stubborn cock and let's concentrate on the midget toreadors. In other words, this film is so brilliantly random, it's hard not to love it.

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Spanish Snow White is Sumptuous Surreal Gothic

By Twitchfilm.com on September 2, 2012
For some reason, the Brothers Grimm’s Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs is extremely popular right now. Hollywood studios have already released two very different takes on the story this year alone. Now, Spanish
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