The Queen of Spain
The Queen of Spain is a 2016 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Fernando Trueba. Starring Penélope Cruz, the movie is a sequel to Trueba's 1998 drama The Girl of Your Dreams, also starring Cruz and set during the Spanish Civil War. It was selected to be shown in the Berlinale Special section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
Plot
Nearly twenty years after the events of The Girl of Your Dreams, in the 1950s, Macarena Granada, who has become a Hollywood star, returns to Spain to film a blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile.
Cast
- Aida Folch
- Alberto San Juan
- Ana Belén
- Anabel Alonso
- Antonio Resines
- Arturo Ripstein
- Carlos Areces Maqueda
- Cary Elwes
- Clive Revill
- Diana Peñalver
- Gemma Cuervo
- Guillermo Toledo
- J. A. Bayona
- Janfri Topera
- Javier Cámara
- Jorge Sanz
- Loles León
- Mandy Patinkin
- Neus Asensi
- Penélope Cruz
- Rosa Maria Sardà
- Santiago Segura
- Secundino de la Rosa Márquez
More details
| author | Fernando Trueba |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Spain |
| director | Fernando Trueba |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | hollywood star isabella i of castile the girl of your dreams |
| musicBy | Zbigniew Preisner |