The Queen of Spain (2016)
Director
Fernando Trueba
Main cast
Antonio Resines; Neus Asensi; Cary Elwes; Mandy Patinkin; Javier Cámara
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Description
Nearly twenty years after the events of "The Girl of Your Dreams", in the 1950s, Macarena Granada, who has become a Hollywood star, returns to Spain to film a blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile.
Fernando Trueba
Main cast
Antonio Resines; Neus Asensi; Cary Elwes; Mandy Patinkin; Javier Cámara
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Description
Nearly twenty years after the events of "The Girl of Your Dreams", in the 1950s, Macarena Granada, who has become a Hollywood star, returns to Spain to film a blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile.
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