The Girl of Your Dreams


Set shortly before World War II, a troupe of Spanish filmmakers go to Nazi Germany to co-produce a film with the Germans. Good propaganda and all that. While there, they are exposed to the Nazi way of doing things, particularly in their treatment of the Jews. The leading Spanish lady catches the eye of propaganda minister Goebbels, who soon makes a determined play for her. She, meanwhile, fancies a young Russian Jew working as an extra on the film. Both of these romances are complicated by her ongoing affair with the married director. When the Russian tries to escape, she is drawn in, making for a tragi-comic finale.
We regret the lack of foreign ratings. An award-winning Spanish film with English subtitles.


122 minutes.
No persons under 13 .
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

A chain for my pretty canary...
A chain for my pretty canary...

Credits

Cast
Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Neus Asensi, Jesús Bonilla
Director
Fernando Trueba
ScreenplayRafael Azcona, Miguel Ángel Egea, Carlos López, David Trueba
MusicAntoine Duhamel
CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe
Sound formatsDolby
Made in1998
Produced byCartel, Fernando Trueba, Producciones Cinematográficas, Lola Films





Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Movies for Africa
Ian Douglas
14
Cape Argus
Gary van Dyk
10
The Cape Times
Christopher Rodriques
10
The Star
Joanna Rix
12
Die Burger
Francois Smith
10

What the People say

Internet
116 Netizens
15

Average .. 59%

12

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: A delightful adult comedy which is funny because it is not trying to be funny, like so much out of Hollywood. Penelope is radiant and lights up the screen whenever she appear, much like Julia in Erin Brockovich. The plotline borrows from many others, including the classic airport scene in Casablanca, which does lose it a few points. Very worthwhile from a historic point of view, as a look into life in Nazi Germany.






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