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Blancanieves /

Set in southern Spain in 1920s, BLANCANIEVES is a re-imaging of the classic tale of *Snow White* and tribute to silent films. 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 da...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Blancanieves (Motion picture).
Other Authors: Berger, Pablo (Screenwriter), Giménez Cacho, Daniel (Actor), Gavira, Emilio (Actor), Verdú, Maribel, 1970- (Actor), Oria, Sofía (Actor), García, Macarena, 1988-, Molina, Ángela (Actor), Rica, Kiko de la (director of photography.), Vilallonga, Alfonso (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Silent film with musical accompaniment and English intertitles, translated from the Spanish.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Cohen Film Collection, 2012.
Subjects:
Snow White (Tale) > Drama.
Women bullfighters > Spain > Drama.
Seville (Spain) > Drama.
Snow White (Tale)
Women bullfighters.
Spain.
Spain > Seville.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fantasy films.
Fiction films.
Silent films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:Set in southern Spain in 1920s, BLANCANIEVES is a re-imaging of the classic tale of *Snow White* and tribute to silent films. 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. Winner of 10 **Goya Awards**, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Maribel Verdú), and Best Film. Nominated for the Discovery Award at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the **César Awards**. *"From Spain, here's a miracle of fairy tale repurposing: a version of the Brothers Grimm's 'Snow White,' set in Spanish bullfighting country in the late 1920s. Writer-director Pablo Berger's BLANCANIEVES goes all the way with its concept, and then further." - Michael Phillips, **Chicago Tribune***
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011.
Inspired by the Grimm Brothers' tale.
Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): .flv file, sound, black and white.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Kiko de la Rica ; editor, Fernando Franco ; music, Alfonso de Vilallonga.