2012 · drama · fantasy
Blancanieves
Directed by Pablo Berger1h 44m2012
A black and white silent movie, based on the Snow White fairy tale, that is set in a romantic version of 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.
Our read: Blancanieves (2012) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- inventive
- signature
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