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Blancanieves (Original title)
Date: 2011 (Copyright)

Countries: Spain, France, Belgium

Director: Pablo Berger

Synopsis: Drama/Fantasy. Carmen, the daughter of a famous bullfighter is forced to live with her tyrannical stepmother, Encarna. A version of the Snow White story set in Seville in the 1920s.

Genres:
Drama, Fantasy

Subjects:
Bull fighting, Step-family relations, Dwarfism (medical condition), Spain
Releases
Date: 28 September 2012Country: SpainRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Black and White - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Language: Spanish
Date: 12 July 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Black and White - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 105 mins 2 secs - Length: 9453 FeetLanguage: EnglishDistributor: StudioCanal Limited
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 104 mins 58 secs - Dialogue (original): SpanishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (58)
Co-production: Nix Films, Co-production: Sisifo Films, Co-production: The Kraken Films, Co-production: Arcadia Motion Pictures, Co-production: Noodles Production, ARTE France Cinéma, [Produced] in association with: uFilm, uFund, [Produced] with the participation of: Banque Postale Image 4, [Produced] with the participation of: Palatine Etoile 9, [Produced] with the participation of: Eurimages, [Produced] with the participation of: Ministerio de Cultura – ICAA, [Produced] with the participation of: Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, [Produced] with the participation of: Generalitat de Catalunya – ICEC, [Produced] with the participation of: ARTE France, [Produced] with the participation of: Televisión Española, [Produced] with the participation of: Canal+, Televisió de Catalunya, Presents: Arcadia Motion Pictures, Presents: Mama Film, Executive Producer: Ignasi Estapé, Executive Producer: Ángel Durández, Executive Producer: Julián García Rubí, Executive Producer: Jon Bárcena, Executive Producer: Fernando Baldellou, Executive Producer: Julio Piedra, Executive Producer: Adrian Politowski, Executive Producer: Gilles Waterkeyn, Produced by: Ibon Cormenzana, Produced by: Jérôme Vidal, Produced by: Pablo Berger, Production Manager: Josep Amorós, Location Manager Barcelona: Jaume Jordana, Location Manager Madrid: Alex Miyata, Elena del Saz-Orozco, Post-production Co-ordinator: Sandra Tàpia, 2nd Unit Director: Iñigo Rotaetxe, 1st Assistant Director: Carlos Gras, Script Supervisor: Belén López, Casting Director: Rosa Estévez, Written by: Pablo Berger, Director of Photography: Kiko de La Rica, Camera Operator: Raúl Morales, Visual Effects Supervisor: Ferrán Piquer, Special Effects: Reyes Abades Efectos Especiales, Special Effects: Enric Massip Solà, Editor: Fernando Franco, Production Designer: Alain Bainée, Costume Designer: Paco Delgado, Make-up Artist: Sylvie Imbert, Hair Stylist: Fermín Galán, Title Design: Jordi Rins, Music: Alfonso de Vilallonga, Arranger and Orchestrator: Roman Gottwald, Sound: Felipe Aragó, Supervising Sound Editor: Patrick Lemmens, Bullfighting Adviser: José Luis Seseña
Cast (15)
Maribel Verdú (Encarna), Daniel Giménez Cacho (Antonio Villalta), Sofía Oria (Carmencita), Macarena García (Carmen/Blancanieves), Pere Ponce (Genaro), José María Pou (Don Carlos), Inma Cuesta (Carmen de Triana), Ramón Barea (Don Martín), Emilio Gavira (Jesusín), Sergio Dorado (Rafita), Alberto Martínez (Josefa), Jinson Añazco (Juanín), Michal Lagosz (Manolín), Jimmy Muñoz (Victorino), Ángela Molina (Doña Concha)
Books held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
Title: Subversive Spanish cinema: the politics of performance
Author: Noble, Fiona  Pages: xii, 223 pages
Description: The book also includes chapters on the films Ocho apellidos vascos (2014) and Todo lo que tu quieras (2010).

Title: multilingual screen: new reflections on cinema and lingusitic difference
Author: Mamula, Tijana  Pages: vi, 372 pages