Blancanieves

Name: Blancanieves
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Released: March 29, 2013
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Ángela Molina, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Emilio Gavira, Inma Cuesta, Josep Maria Pou

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Cohen Media Group | Release Date: March 29, 2013 | PG-13

Starring: Ángela Molina, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Emilio Gavira, Inma Cuesta, Josep Maria Pou, Macarena Garc, Maribel Verdú, Pere Ponce, Ramón Barea, Sof

Summary: Once upon a time there was a little girl who had never known her mother. She learned the art of her father, a famous bullfighter, but was hated by her evil stepmother. One day she ran away with a troupe of dwarves, and became a legend. This tribute to silent films is set in southern Spain in the 1920s. [Cohen Media Group]

Director: Pablo Berger

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 104 min

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jul 12, 2013

It is extremely pleasurable to watch, and shows every sign of having been extremely pleasurable to make. Read full review

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Farran Smith Nehme

Mar 28, 2013

Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves is the purest, boldest re-imagining of silent cinema yet. Read full review

Chuck Wilson

Mar 26, 2013

The new film from Spanish writer-director Pablo Berger is a silent, black-and-white film so witty, riveting, and drop-dead gorgeous that moviegoers may forget to notice that they can't hear the dialogue. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Mar 30, 2013

We’re not in Disney’s world. Berger knows his Grimm, and he suffuses his entrancing fairy tale with a moving sense of melancholy. Read full review

Mike Scott

May 3, 2013

Berger's film is still far more magical than it is macabre. And so although a black-and-white, foreign-film adaptation of a very familiar tale might, indeed, be a hard sell, audiences who buy into it are in for an undeniably rewarding movie-going experience. In a word: ¡Ole! Read full review

Kimberley Jones

May 1, 2013

Blancanieves never lags, per se, it’s just awfully in love with itself: with its gorgeous black and white chiaroscuros and whirling-dervish first-person camera perspectives, the Spanish-guitar-scored dance sequences (that include the undeniable dance of the matador in action), and battering winds of emotional extremes. By the end of this sumptuous and sincerely felt melodrama, I was rather in love with it, too. Read full review

Nick McCarthy

Mar 28, 2013

Pablo Berger digs for emotional intensity in his gothic retelling of Snow White and only uncovers layers of gloss. Read full review

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jlua

May 10, 2013

The fact that a B&W and silent film is released the year after another one like that wins the Best Picture Oscar, I think did hurt a little Blancanieves. Even though, apparently, the project started before The Artist was made, so there was no copying from each other whatsoever. HavingThe fact that a B&W and silent film is released the year after another one like that wins the Best Picture Oscar, I think did hurt a little Blancanieves. Even though, apparently, the project started before The Artist was made, so there was no copying from each other whatsoever. Having said that, it is amazing how B&W, silent films can produce strong emotions, at least as powerful as "traditional (today) films can be. Beautiful photography, and wonderful sets alone would make this film worth seeing. Add to that a good story, great direction, and an extraordinary music score, and this film is a winner.… Expand

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mapizarro

Jul 7, 2013

"Blancanieves" has all the charm and race in a Spanish film. With the typical local folklore, Berger gets revisit the classic tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (six in this film) in a way that, hopefully, in Hollywood would have been. "Mirror, Mirror" and "Snow White and the Huntsman,""Blancanieves" has all the charm and race in a Spanish film. With the typical local folklore, Berger gets revisit the classic tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (six in this film) in a way that, hopefully, in Hollywood would have been. "Mirror, Mirror" and "Snow White and the Huntsman," which both were released the same year in Spain, unable to reach the strength of this Snow White. Congratulations!… Expand

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avr50

Jun 14, 2017

Esta podría ser la mejor película acerca de la historia de blanca nieves. Tiene momentos conmovedores los cuales de verdad se sienten en el corazón, algo que la versión de disney no logró hacer. Tiene también muchos momentos góticos y extraños pero algunos son divertidos y otros son motivoEsta podría ser la mejor película acerca de la historia de blanca nieves. Tiene momentos conmovedores los cuales de verdad se sienten en el corazón, algo que la versión de disney no logró hacer. Tiene también muchos momentos góticos y extraños pero algunos son divertidos y otros son motivo de no respirar. El problema con esta película es que, en un momento a la protagonista se le pone el nombre de blanca nieves cosa que no pasa desde el principio, esto no debió ser ya que todos conocemos la historia de blanca nieves y no necesitamos que a la protagonista se le llame así ya que este no es un cuento fiel a la versión que todos conocemos. Pero al fin y al cabo, esta película es muy entretenida a pesar de ser en blanco y negro y de ser muda. Vale la pena verla, eso si, no sería mala idea que solo la vieran adultos.… Expand

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MovieGuys

May 30, 2016

Blancanieves is a charming little Spanish film with great cinematography, but never seems to really fit into the genre. Its details are fitting, but the overall picture is only average.

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TVJerry

Apr 25, 2013

The title means Snow White in Spanish, so there's the plot. It's set in the early 20th century world of bull fighting, but the big twist: it's in black and white and silent (except for the musical soundtrack and some intertitles). The cinematography is rich and there are period cinematicThe title means Snow White in Spanish, so there's the plot. It's set in the early 20th century world of bull fighting, but the big twist: it's in black and white and silent (except for the musical soundtrack and some intertitles). The cinematography is rich and there are period cinematic elements (overlapping images, gimmicky transitions). In an effort to create this stylized approach, the performances come off as stilted. The inevitable comparisons to "The Artist" leave this film lacking in originality or ingenuity.… Expand

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