Snow White

(Blancanieves)

Pablo Berger / Spain / 2093 / 104 min
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  • Spanish Selection for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

  • Goya Award Nominations

    Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing

  • San Sebastian Film Festival

    Special Jury Prize, Best Actress

  • Toronto International Film Festival

Synopsis

Spanish with English subtitles

With Maribel Verdú, Emilio Gavira, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Macarena García

A wildly imaginative re-invention of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Snow White, brought to life silent-movie style in gorgeous monochrome. Antonio, a famous matador, is gored by a bull; his wife dies during childbirth. Now crippled, Antonio marries his wicked nurse, who confines him to an upstairs room and treats his daughter, Blancanieves, like a lowly servant. Eventually Blancanieves escapes and joins up with a clan of dwarfs. When they discover her talent as a bullfighter she becomes a sensation, but her stepmother quickly starts plotting to bring her down.

Director Pablo Berger has created a visually dazzling, unique film experience, turbo-charging the language of silent film with thrilling music and dance sequences scored by Alfonso de Vilallonga, and effortlessly shifting in tone from comedic to tragic, knowingly campy to genuinely frightening. Macarena García won the Best Actress Award at San Sebastián for her bright and sexy portrayal of the adult Blancanieves; Maribel Verdú (Y tu mama tambien) is a villain for the ages as the wicked stepmother.

About the Director
Pablo Berger was born in Bilbao, Spain. After winning a scholarship for his short filmMama (1988), Berger earned his MFA in film from New York University. His first feature Torremolinos 73 (2003) was one of Spain’s biggest box-office hits of that year. Blancanieves (2012) is his second feature film.
Press

“This film is a wonderment! A striking… full-bodied, visually stunning film.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“The Absolutely Most Original Film of the Year! BLANCANIEVES is stunningly visual. Ole!” – Thelma Adams, Yahoo!

“An original! Inventive… Contemporary… Imaginative… Charming… and Clever!” – David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

“Daringly original! A gorgeously shot extravaganza has the cojones to think outside the box and comes out on top.” – Boyd Van Hoeij, IndieWire

“A kitsch celebration of Spanish ways that has drawn comparisons with early Pedro Almodovar films.” – John Hopewell,, Variety

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