''The Queen of Spain'' ( es, La reina de España, links=no) is a 2016 Spanish

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film written and directed by Fernando Trueba. Starring Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines,

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, Ana Belén, Javier Cámara, Chino Darín, Loles León, Arturo Ripstein, Jorge Sanz,

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, Santiago Segura, Clive Revill, Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin. It was shown in the Berlinale Special section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. The movie is a sequel to Trueba's 1998 drama '' The Girl of Your Dreams'' with Cruz, Resines, Asensi, León, Sanz, Sardà and Segura reprising their roles from the previous film. It was nominated for 5 Goya Awards at the

31st Goya Awards The 31st Goya Awards were presented at the Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel in Madrid on 4 February 2017 to honour the best in Spanish films of 2016. Actor and comedian Dani Rovira was the master of ceremonies for the third time in a row. Nomina ...

, without winning any, including the nomination for Cruz as Best Actress for the same role for which she had won the Best Actress Award at the

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, making her the first actress to be nominated twice for the same role in two different films.

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 Isabella I ( es, Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: ''la Católica''), was Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death in 1504, as well as List of Aragonese royal consorts, Queen consort ...

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Fernando Trueba PC and Atresmedia Cine and it had the participation of Movistar+. Marta Velasco was responsible for film editing.

Accolades

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, , Best Actress , , Penélope Cruz , , , , rowspan = "5" , , - ,

Best Cinematography This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

, José Luis Alcaine , , - ,

Best Art Direction The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted fro ...

, Juan Pedro de Gaspar , , - , Best Production Supervision , Pilar Robla , , - , Best Costume Design , Lala Huete ,

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Queen of Spain, The 2016 comedy-drama films 2010s Spanish-language films 2010s English-language films Spanish comedy-drama films 2016 films Films directed by Fernando Trueba Films scored by Zbigniew Preisner Films set in the 1950s Atresmedia Cine films 2010s Spanish films