
Snow White
2012 · Movie · PG-13 · 104 min · ★ 7.3 · 89% critics
In a romanticized 1920s Seville, a young woman is pulled into a dark, fairy-tale-like struggle for freedom and identity, set against the spectacle of bullfighting. Told as a black-and-white silent film with intertitles, this reimagining blends melodrama, flashes of humor, and Spanish cultural flair.
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Details
- Original title
- Blancanieves
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-09-28
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (270 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a bold, black-and-white silent retelling with romance, menace, and bursts of dark humor; Not for you if you dislike bleak fairy tales or bullfighting themes, even in a stylized approach like The Artist.
Pros: striking silent-film style; inventive fairy-tale twist; strong atmosphere | Cons: uneven tone shifts; dark, downbeat mood; bullfighting may disturb
Themes
- matador (bullfighter)
- silent film
- bull fight
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Costume Designer · 2013
- Gaudí Award — Best Film in Catalan Language · 2013
- Goya Award — Best New Actress · 2013
- Goya Award — Best Film · 2013
- Goya Award — Best Actress · 2013
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- Goya Award — Best Cinematography · 2013
- Goya Award — Best Original Score · 2013
- Goya Award — Best Costume Design · 2013
- Goya Award — Best Original Screenplay · 2013
- Goya Award — Best Art Direction · 2013
- European Film Award — Best Film · 2013 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2013 · nominated
- Goya Award — Best Art Direction · 2013 · nominated
- Goya Award — Best Special Effects · 2013 · nominated
- Goya Award — Best Production Supervision · 2013 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2013 · nominated
Cast & crew

Maribel Verdú
as Encarna

Macarena García
as Carmen/Blancanieves

Daniel Giménez Cacho
as Antonio Villalta

Ángela Molina
as Doña Concha

Inma Cuesta
as Carmen de Triana

Sofía Oria
as Carmencita

Ramón Barea
as Don Martín

Josep Maria Pou
as Don Carlos

Pere Ponce
as Genaro

Itziar Castro
as Tocinillo de cielo
Directed by Pablo Berger