The Queen of Spain
The Queen of Spain (Spanish: La reina de España) is a 2016 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Fernando Trueba. Starring Penélope Cruz, the movie is a sequel to Trueba's 1998 drama The Girl of Your Dreams, also starring Cruz and set during the Spanish Civil War.[1] It was selected to be shown in the Berlinale Special section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
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| Directed by | Fernando Trueba |
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| Written by | Fernando Trueba |
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| Music by | Zbigniew Preisner |
| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish English |
Plot
Nearly twenty years after the events of The Girl of Your Dreams, in the 1950s, Macarena Granada, who has become a Hollywood star, returns to Spain to film a blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile.
Cast
- Penélope Cruz as Macarena Granada
- Antonio Resines as Blas Fontiveros
- Neus Asensi as Lucía Gandía
- Ana Belén as Ana
- Javier Cámara as Pepe Bonilla
- Chino Darín as Leo
- Loles León as Trinidad "Trini" Morenos
- Arturo Ripstein as Sam Spiegelman
- Jorge Sanz as Julián Torralba
- Rosa Maria Sardà as Rosa Rosales
- Santiago Segura as Castillo
- Cary Elwes as Gary Jones
- Clive Revill as John Scott
- Mandy Patinkin as Jordan Berman
- Carlos Areces as Francisco Franco
- Aida Folch
- Jesús Bonilla as Marco Bonilla
- Ramón Barea as Ramón
- J.A. Bayona
- Guillermo Toledo
- Alberto San Juan
- Julio Vélez
Awards and nominations
| Awards | Category | Nominated | Result |
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| 31st Goya Awards[3] | Best Actress | Penélope Cruz | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine | Nominated | |
| Best Art Direction | Juan Pedro de Gaspar | Nominated | |
| Best Production Supervision | Pilar Robla | Nominated | |
| Best Costume Design | Lala Huete | Nominated |
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References
- Dave McNary (March 4, 2016). "Cary Elwes Starring in Penelope Cruz's 'Queen of Spain' (EXCLUSIVE)". variety.com. Variety. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
- "Aki Kaurismäki, Oren Moverman, Agnieszka Holland, Andres Veiel, and Sally Potter – First Films for the Competition of the Berlinale 2017". Berlinale. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- "Juan Antonio Bayona's 'A Monster Calls' Leads Goya Award Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. December 14, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
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