Blancanieves, Snow White with Spanish Panache

Blancanieves is a twist on the Snow White fairy tale. This time it is set in 1920s Seville (Spain) and centered on a female bullfighter. This film   won multiple Goya Awards (Spain’s highest film award) and was Spain’s submission for the Oscar’s. Pablo Berger directs and it stars Maribel Verdu (Pan’s Labyrinth, Y Tu Mama Tambien), Daniel Gimenez Cacho (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Bad Education) , and Angela Molina (Live Flesh, Broken Embraces).

It’s an excellent film that will certainly delight.

The film is screening at the Embarcadero Center Cinemas in San Francisco starting April 19th.

Lucho Ramirez

Lucho Ramirez is the director of Cine+Mas SF, the presenter of the SF Latino Film Festival.

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