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Film · 2016

La reina de España

Directed by Fernando Trueba · starring Juan Mariné, Penélope Cruz and Antonio Resines

  • 2 h 8 min
  • Comedy · Drama
  • Spain
  • 4.8 AverageMovieNCo
  • 4.6 Users14 votes
  • 5.0 Critics5 reviews

Synopsis

Directed by Fernando Trueba, it's the sequel of 'The Girl of your Dreams', produced in 1998. It's in set in 50s, Macarena Granada has become a big star in Hollywood, her Mediterranean beauty has won the hearts of the American public. After many years of absence, she returned to that dear Spain that she had to leave 18 years ago, her return is to shoot a film in which she will play Isabella I of Castile, better known as 'The Catholic', the first Queen of Spain. Knowing Macarena's return, Blas Fontiveros, who had not returned to Spain after trying to direct 'The Girl of Your Dreams' in Nazi Germany, also he decides to return to his country and reconnect with the beautiful Macarena and his former colleagues job. The arrival of Blas cause a series of events that will jeopardize the big blockbuster. A film return actors first film like Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz, Santiago Segura, Neus Asensi, Loles Leon, Rosa María Sardá and Jesús Bonilla, besides incorporating Chinese Darin and Clive Revil, among others

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The essentials

Runtime
128 min2 hours and 8 minutes
Budget
€11mAtresmedia Cine
How long is La reina de España?
2 hours and 8 minutes (128 minutes).
Who directed La reina de España?
Fernando Trueba.
Who is in La reina de España?
It stars Juan Mariné, Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines and Jorge Sanz.
Where can I watch La reina de España?
In the UK you can watch it on buy on Apple TV.
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Director
Fernando Trueba
Writers
Fernando Trueba

Photos and posters

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Reviews

All 5 reviews
4.6 14 votes
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What the critics say average 5.0 from 5 outlets

  • 7.0 New York TimesAndy Webster "Mr. Trueba skillfully blends genuine and mock period footage to conjure the era, while Mandy Patinkin, as a blacklisted screenwriter; Cary Elwes, as a loutish American leading man; and Clive… Read
  • 6.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw "here?s a kind of excitable silliness in this disposable, film-within-a-film comedy from Fernando Trueba, starring Penélope Cruz." Read
  • 4.0 VarietyJay Weissberg "Trueba loads his movie with so many inside jokes, it would be impossible to count them all. John Scott is a John Ford knock-off complete with eye-patch, except Ford was a brilliant director until… Read

Soundtrack

All 2 songs
  1. GranadaPenélope Cruz Spotify
  2. Well You Needn'tThelonious Monk Spotify

Trivia

  • Anecdote

    The current queen of Spain, actually visited the shooting of the film, where she said hi to the crew and cast.

  • Sequel

    The movie follows the characters of a previous film also by Trueba 'The Girl of Your Dreams' (1998).

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