The Queen of Spain (2016)

Original title

La reina de España

Directed by

Fernando Trueba

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

Spain

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

12

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 99 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An actress returns to 1950s Spain to star in a film directed by her former lover. She deals with the challenges of filming and rekindles old relationships.

comedicnostalgiclightheartedstar-studdeddramaticglamorousplayfulretro

What happens

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, Antonio Resines, Neus Asensi, Ana Belén, Javier Cámara, Chino Darín, Loles León, Arturo Ripstein, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sardà, Santiago Segura, Clive Revill (in his final film role), Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin, it was shown in the Berlinale Special section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. The film is a sequel to Trueba's 1998 drama The Girl of Your Dreams with Cruz, Resines, Asensi, León, Sanz, Sardà and Segura reprising their roles from the previous film. It was nominated for 5 Goya Awards at the 31st Goya Awards, without winning any, including the nomination for Cruz as Best Actress for the same role for which she had won the Best Actress Award at the 13th Goya Awards, making her the first actress to be nominated twice for the same role in two different films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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