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- 2013
- PG-13
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 44 m
- 2013
- PG-13
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 44 m
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]
Directed By: Pablo Berger
Written By: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Pablo Berger
- 2013
- PG-13
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 44 m
- 2013
- PG-13
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 44 m
Blancanieves
7.8
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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]
Directed By: Pablo Berger
Written By: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Pablo Berger
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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95% Positive
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5% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
82
95% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
5% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It is extremely pleasurable to watch, and shows every sign of having been extremely pleasurable to make.
The silents, as this film suggests, achieved aesthetic marvels before sound came along to set things back for a while.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
7.8
81% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
11% Mixed
4 Ratings
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8% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
7.8
81% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
11% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
8% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
"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!
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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. 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.
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Berger also shows a dark wit and a faith in old-fashioned melodrama that puts Blancanieves more in the camp of Pedro Almodóvar than Guy Maddin’s golden-age pastiches. (And aside from being silent and a period piece, the movie has almost nothing in common with "The Artist.")
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!
Expressively (Berger knows his grammar), a white communion dress is dipped in black dye as her custodial grandmother passes away and an evil castle beckons.
Brimming over with sadism and the occasional touch of kink, Blancanieves piles on the pathology that's the birthright of any fairy tale worth its salt. Yet it's still a tale of lost innocence, and Berger keeps faith with a prototype revered by the Disneys and the Grimms alike: the resilient, enterprising girl who overcomes wave after wave of adversity.
Pablo Berger digs for emotional intensity in his gothic retelling of Snow White and only uncovers layers of gloss.
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 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.
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Que buena es esta película, chula de ver, pese a ser muda, muy buena narración, e interpretaciones.
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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 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.
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Production Company
Arcadia Motion Pictures,
Sisifo Films AIE,
Nix Films,
The Kraken Films,
Noodles Production,
Arte France Cinéma,
uFilm,
uFund,
Banque Postale Image 4,
Palatine Étoile 9,
Eurimages,
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA),
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC),
ARTE,
Televisión Española (TVE),
Canal+ España,
Televisió de Catalunya (TV3),
Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge,
Motion Investment Group,
Mogambo,
Sundance Institute,
Umedia
Release Date Mar 29, 2013
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Once upon a time, there was an enchanting tale of venomous charm.
Website
http://www.blancanieves.es/
Awards
Goya Awards
• 10 Wins & 18 Nominations
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 8 Wins & 12 Nominations
Gaudí Awards
• 4 Wins & 12 Nominations
