Princesas

Name: Princesas
Genre: Drama
Released: August 23, 2006
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Candela Peña, Micaela Nevárez

2006

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IFC First Take | Release Date: August 23, 2006

Starring: Candela Peña, Micaela Nevárez

Summary: Director and screenwriter Fernando León de Aranoa gives us a moving yet sobering tale of two young prostitutes in Madrid. (IFC Films)

Director: Fernando León de Aranoa

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 109 min

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TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Film works best as a soberly witty commentary on the workplace and makes an interesting companion piece to "Mondays in the Sun." Read full review

John Patterson

Aranoa's bleak yet warmly humanistic Princesas deftly and sympathetically ponders the interlocked destinies of two Madrid prostitutes. Read full review

Michael Ferraro

Princesas isn't the cliché "Pretty Woman" type romantic-comedy you'd expect – it's actually quite surprising. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Indeed, Aranoa loves these women so completely that his film seems overly drawn out at nearly two hours and likely would have had greater effect had it been half an hour shorter. Even so, Princesas remains largely engaging and rewarding. Read full review

Melissa Levine

De Aranoa never condescends to his subjects, and Caye's mixture of aggression and tenderness is appealingly authentic. Read full review

Keith Phipps

It's well-acted and strikingly shot, and its depiction of contemporary Spanish squalor is hard to forget, but it never quite reconciles its high-drama situations with its low-key approach. It whispers when it really wants to shout. Read full review

Nathan Lee

A maudlin melodrama about prostitutes in Madrid, Princesas is not, alas, the new film by Pedro Almodóvar, but a dilution of his manner by the writer-director Fernando León de Aranoa. Read full review

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DianaR.

Sep 6, 2006

Excellent film and potrayal of the life of prostitutes and the bonds that are made between them. The actress Micaela Nevarez was exceptional and is a natural for the big screen.

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RoseH.

Sep 5, 2006

I was very impressed with the acting. The story was very well protrayed.

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ChadS.

Mar 30, 2007

No pimps; Caye(Candela Pena) and Zulema(Micaela Nevarez) are doin' it for themselves, but they still have the humiliation and stigma of whoring to deal with. No glamour; that's what films like "Princesas" and Lizzie Borden's "Working Girls" want to make clear, prostitutes are No pimps; Caye(Candela Pena) and Zulema(Micaela Nevarez) are doin' it for themselves, but they still have the humiliation and stigma of whoring to deal with. No glamour; that's what films like "Princesas" and Lizzie Borden's "Working Girls" want to make clear, prostitutes are like any other worker that provides a service for the customer. They either tolerate you, or hate you. Zulema is like a lot of prostitutes we've met in other movies about the world's oldest confession; she's saving up enough money to return home and care for her son. Caye, on the other hand, is more complex. This thirty-something woman lives at home with her parents as if she was a grad student. Caye clearly doesn't like her job, but she's like Judd Hirsch's character in "Taxi". Like Alex Riegert, she makes no pretenses about her occupation as being some temporary situation. This is her life. She's not like Nancy Allen in "Dressed to Kill", who turns tricks in order to make financial investments. Caye wants to be a hooker, and to be respected by the man she loves. The title refers to Caye's desire to revel in the perk that any other woman enjoys with her boyfriend; to be picked up from work. "Princesas" is graphic, but not too graphic; poignant, and never condescending towards its subject.… Expand

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MikeD.

Apr 9, 2007

Despite an interesting premise, this movie is dead boring. I thought initially that a movie about hookers couldn't be all that bad - and I was wrong. It's a sappy chick flick that drags on and on. Pass on this movie.

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