:The Queen of Spain

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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|La reina de España|nolink=1}}

| image = La reina de España.jpg

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| director = Fernando Trueba

| producer = {{plainlist|

Penélope Cruz
Anne Deluz
Cristina Huete
Judit Stalter

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| writer = Fernando Trueba

| starring = {{plainlist|

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| music = Zbigniew Preisner

| cinematography = José Luis Alcaine

| editing = Marta Velasco

| studio = {{ubl|Fernando Trueba PC|Atresmedia Cine}}

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{Film date|2016|11|25|Spain|2017|2||Berlin|df=y}}

| runtime =

| country = Spain

| language = {{ubl|Spanish|English}}

| budget =

| gross = $1.2 million{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2411144/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=The Queen of Spain (2016)|website=Box Office Mojo}}

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The Queen of Spain ({{langx|es|La reina de España|links=no}}) is a 2016 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Fernando Trueba. Starring Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Neus Asensi, Ana Belén, Javier Cámara, Chino Darín, Loles León, Arturo Ripstein, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sardà, Santiago Segura, Clive Revill (In his final film role), Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin. It was shown in the Berlinale Special section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_34708.html|title=Aki Kaurismäki, Oren Moverman, Agnieszka Holland, Andres Veiel, and Sally Potter – First Films for the Competition of the Berlinale 2017|work=Berlinale|date=15 December 2016|access-date=15 December 2016}}

The film is a sequel to Trueba's 1998 drama The Girl of Your Dreams with Cruz, Resines, Asensi, León, Sanz, Sardà and Segura reprising their roles from the previous film.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/cary-elwes-penelope-cruz-queen-of-spain-1201723141/ |title=Cary Elwes Starring in Penelope Cruz's 'Queen of Spain' (EXCLUSIVE) |author=Dave McNary |date=March 4, 2016 |website=variety.com |publisher=Variety |access-date=April 18, 2016 |quote=}}

It was nominated for 5 Goya Awards at the 31st Goya Awards, without winning any, including the nomination for Cruz as Best Actress for the same role for which she had won the Best Actress Award at the 13th Goya Awards, making her the first actress to be nominated twice for the same role in two different films.

Plot

Nearly twenty years after the events of The Girl of Your Dreams, the story follows Macarena Granada (Penélope Cruz), now a successful Hollywood star in the 1950s. She returns to Francoist Spain to film a big-budget historical epic about Queen Isabella I, financed by an American studio. The production, led by director Gary Jones (Cary Elwes) and producer Jordan Berman (Mandy Patinkin), serves as propaganda promoting Spain's image under the Franco regime.

Blas is imprisoned by Franco's government due to his past political activities. Determined to rescue him, Macarena and the film crew devise an elaborate plan to break Blas out of jail, using the Hollywood production as cover for their scheme.

During the filming of a ballroom scene at a royal palace the crew executes a prison break. The escape combines elements of comedy and suspense as they outwit the authorities.

Blas is freed. Macarena reconciles with her past and her Spanish roots, and returns to Hollywood.

Cast

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Penélope Cruz as Macarena Granada
Antonio Resines as Blas Fontiveros
Neus Asensi as Lucía Gandía
Ana Belén as Ana
Javier Cámara as Pepe Bonilla
Chino Darín as Leo
Loles León as Trinidad "Trini" Morenos
Arturo Ripstein as Sam Spiegelman
Jorge Sanz as Julián Torralba
Rosa María Sardá as Rosa Rosales
Santiago Segura as Castillo
Clive Revill as John Scott
Cary Elwes as Gary Jones
Mandy Patinkin as Jordan Berman
Carlos Areces as Francisco Franco
Aida Folch
Jesús Bonilla as Marco Bonilla
Ramón Barea as Ramón
J.A. Bayona
Guillermo Toledo
Alberto San Juan
Julio Vélez

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Production

The film was produced by Fernando Trueba PC and Atresmedia Cine and it had the participation of Movistar+.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/2016/06/21/576957f9468aebf7358b456c.html|website=El Mundo|date=21 June 2016|title='La niña de tus ojos' ahora es 'La Reina de España'}} Marta Velasco was responsible for film editing.{{Cite web|date=13 February 2017|title=Berlin Film Review: 'The Queen of Spain'|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/the-queen-of-spain-review-1201986699/|first=Jay|last=Weissberg|website=Variety}}

Accolades

| align = "center" rowspan = "5" | 2017 || rowspan=5 | 31st Goya Awards || Best Actress || Penélope Cruz || {{nom}} || rowspan = "5" | {{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/juan-antonio-bayonas-a-monster-calls-leads-goya-award-nominations-956136 |title=Juan Antonio Bayona's 'A Monster Calls' Leads Goya Award Nominations |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 14, 2016 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}

| Best Cinematography

| José Luis Alcaine

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| Best Art Direction

| Juan Pedro de Gaspar

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| Best Production Supervision

| Pilar Robla

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| Best Costume Design

| Lala Huete

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