THE QUEEN OF SPAIN
LA REINA DE ESPAÑA
2017,
Samuel Goldwyn Films,
128 min,
Spain,
Dir: Fernando Trueba
Director Fernando Trueba revisits the characters of his THE GIRL OF YOUR DREAMS some 20 years later with another comedic tale of a chaotic film shoot. Penelope Cruz returns as Macarena Granada, now a Hollywood star, who has been cast in a musical biopic of Queen Isabella being made in Madrid during the Franco regime; Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes join the crew as a screenwriter and leading man, respectively.