Blancanieves

Director: Pablo Berger
Cast: Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Theatrical Release Date: Fri Mar 15 16:58:00 EDT 2013
Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival

Synopsis: Once upon a time, there was a little girl who never knew her mother. She learned the art of her father, a famous bullfighter, but was hated by her evil stepmother. One day she ran away with a troupe of dwarfs and became a legend. Set in southern Spain in the 1920s, Blancanieves is a tribute to silent film. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]

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