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Blancanieves

Play trailer Poster for Blancanieves PG-13 2012 1h 44m Drama Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Rescued from her evil stepmother (Maribel Verdú) by dwarves, a young woman (Macarena García) becomes a bullfighter like her late father.
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Critics Consensus

Smartly written and beautiful to behold, Blancanieves uses its classic source material to offer a dark tale, delightfully told.

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J. Hoberman ARTINFO.com 02/22/2019
Filmed in glamorous black and white, all dialogue furnished via intertitles, the movie is less a pastiche than The Artist and, at least initially, it's not as precious. Go to Full Review
Mar Diestro-Dópido Sight & Sound 07/31/2018
The pleasure resides as much in the layers upon layers of references to film history, to Spanish history, to fairytales, to Hollywood entertainment, as it does in its story of a little girl who loses everything. Go to Full Review
Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald 12/08/2014
4/5
It's like watching a gorgeous tragi-comic opera written by Dickens and co-directed by Fellini and Almodovar. Go to Full Review
Yasser Medina Cinefilia Mar 19
6/10
It works decently when it adopts the formal properties of silent film, but I have the feeling that it is a dark fable adorned with facileness and that it lacks emotion in its folkloric notes on Spanish culture. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
David Bax Battleship Pretension 03/17/2021
It's not just the people who look great. Most of these compositions look like photographs in an art gallery, yet manage not to forfeit their cinematic immediacy. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/03/2020
3.5/4.0
if you are an adventurous moviegoer able to fully surrender yourself to a full-on sensory experience then this is very likely one film that will completely sweep you away. Go to Full Review
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Tim M Apr 2 Not just a unique Spanish reimagining of the Snow White fairy tale, Blancanieves backs up its artistic liberties with crisp cinematography and confident poise. See more Rocio D Mar 28 .sip no me gusta la verdad See more Nahin G Mar 27 This is the worst movie ever. See more Franklin Antonio R Mar 24 This a joke of movie and a Waste of time See more Luis T Mar 18 This a very bad movie. See more Leaburn O 09/21/2023 A brilliant retelling of Snow White set in 1920s Andalusia. We can still make great silent cinema it would seem but only if a director is daring and talented enough. Bought in DVD and finally watched after a year or so. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Rescued from her evil stepmother (Maribel Verdú) by dwarves, a young woman (Macarena García) becomes a bullfighter like her late father.
Director
Pablo Berger
Producer
Ibón Cormenzana, Jérôme Vidal, Pablo Berger
Screenwriter
Pablo Berger
Production Co
The Kraken Films, Nix Films, arte France Cinéma, Noodles Production, Arcadia Motion Pictures, Sisifo Films
Rating
PG-13 (Some Violent Content|Sexuality)
Genre
Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
European Spanish
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 3, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$218.8K
Runtime
1h 44m
Aspect Ratio
Academy (1.33:1)
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