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MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring Candela Peña, Micaela Nevárez, Mariana Cordero, Llum Barrera, Violeta Pérez, Monica Van Campen, Flora Àlvarez, and María Ballesteros
Director and screenwriter Fernando León de Aranoa gives us a moving yet sobering tale of two young prostitutes in Madrid. (IFC Films)
| GENRE(S): | Drama | Foreign |
| WRITTEN BY: | Fernando León de Aranoa |
| DIRECTED BY: | Fernando León de Aranoa |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 27, 2007 Theatrical: August 23, 2006 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 113 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | Spain |
| LANGUAGE(S): | Spanish (with English subtitles) |
Best Lead Actress (Peña), Best New Actress (Nevárez) and Best Original Song, 2006 Goya Awards; Nominated, Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema - Dramatic), 2006 Sundance Film Festival
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The average user rating for this movie is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Mike D. gave it a3:
Despite an interesting premise, this movie is dead boring. I thought initially that a movie about hookers couldn't be all that bad - and I was wrong. It's a sappy chick flick that drags on and on. Pass on this movie.
Chad S. gave it an8:
No pimps; Caye(Candela Pena) and Zulema(Micaela Nevarez) are doin' it for themselves, but they still have the humiliation and stigma of whoring to deal with. No glamour; that's what films like "Princesas" and Lizzie Borden's "Working Girls" want to make clear, prostitutes are like any other worker that provides a service for the customer. They either tolerate you, or hate you. Zulema is like a lot of prostitutes we've met in other movies about the world's oldest confession; she's saving up enough money to return home and care for her son. Caye, on the other hand, is more complex. This thirty-something woman lives at home with her parents as if she was a grad student. Caye clearly doesn't like her job, but she's like Judd Hirsch's character in "Taxi". Like Alex Riegert, she makes no pretenses about her occupation as being some temporary situation. This is her life. She's not like Nancy Allen in "Dressed to Kill", who turns tricks in order to make financial investments. Caye wants to be a hooker, and to be respected by the man she loves. The title refers to Caye's desire to revel in the perk that any other woman enjoys with her boyfriend; to be picked up from work. "Princesas" is graphic, but not too graphic; poignant, and never condescending towards its subject.
Diana R. gave it a10:
Excellent film and potrayal of the life of prostitutes and the bonds that are made between them. The actress Micaela Nevarez was exceptional and is a natural for the big screen.
Rose H. gave it a10:
I was very impressed with the acting. The story was very well protrayed.
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