Snow White (2012) ( Blancanieves ) ( Blancaneu )

Snow White (2012) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Blancanieves
Alternate Title: Blancaneu
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Goya Awards
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
104 min + 104 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Pablo Berger

Written By:
Pablo Berger

Actors:
Maribel Verdú ..... Encarna
Daniel Giménez Cacho ..... Antonio Villalta
Ángela Molina ..... Doña Concha
Pere Ponce ..... Genaro Bilbao
Macarena García ..... Carmen
Sofía Oria ..... Carmencita
Josep Maria Pou ..... Don Carl
Inma Cuesta ..... Carmen de Triana
Ramón Barea ..... Don Martín
Emilio Gavira ..... Jesusín
Sergio Dorado ..... Rafita
Jinson Añazco ..... Juanín
Carmen Belloch ..... Tocino de Cielo
Manel Castillejos ..... Manolín
Itziar Castro ..... Josefa
Pep Ferrer ..... Victorino
Michal Lagosz ..... Cocinera
Carlos Lasarte ..... Joven Arrogante
Alberto Martínez
Ignacio Mateos
Jimmy Muñoz
Carmen Segarra
Pere Vall
Oriol Vila

Synopsis:

Blancanieves deftly blends cinematic antiquarianism, period atmosphere and primal emotions. Set in Spain in the 1920s, it replaces the spooky northern European romanticism of the Brothers Grimm with a swooning, tragic sensibility native to (or perhaps stereotypically associated with) the Iberian Peninsula. The Snow White character, named Carmen, is the daughter of a bullfighter (Daniel Giménez Cacho) and a flamenco dancer (Inma Cuesta), and her story hums with jealousy, vanity and other volatile passions. Many of these pulsate in the heart of Carmen's stepmother, Encarna (Maribel Verdú, seen in 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'Y Tu Mamá También'), a delectably wicked villain who is transformed before our eyes from a lovestruck nurse to a perverse and murderous gold digger, as cruel to her husband as she is to his daughter. Encarna marries the girl's father after he is paralyzed by a bull named Lucifer. (His wife has died in childbirth after witnessing the injury.) Carmen, played as a wide-eyed, soft-featured child by Sofia Oria, is comforted by the companionship of her father, her grandmother (Ángela Molina) and a mischievous rooster named Pepe, this film's answer to the scrappy terrier that was everyone's favorite part of 'The Artist.' There are dwarfs too, who befriend Carmen after she has grown into a lovely and spirited young woman (played by Macarena García). Also a poisoned apple, though no magic mirror and, strictly speaking, no handsome prince.

Pablo Berger's 'Blancanieves' combines two recent movie trends: the updating of classic fairy tales and the rediscovery of silent film. Hollywood studios have lately been turning venerable children's bedtime stories - 'Little Red Riding Hood,' 'Hansel and Gretel' and of course 'Snow White,' Mr. Berger's source - into special-effects-heavy action spectacles. Meanwhile a handful of European directors (notably Michel Hazanavicius, in 'The Artist,' and Miguel Gomes, with 'Tabu') have been drawn to the archaic glamour of monochrome images, boxy frames, heightened gestures and unheard dialogue.

A twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 25 April, 2013.

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