The Queen of Spain

The Queen of Spain
SpanishLa reina de España
Directed byFernando Trueba
Written byFernando Trueba
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJosé Luis Alcaine
Edited byMarta Velasco
Music byZbigniew Preisner
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • 25 November 2016 (2016-11-25) (Spain)
  • February 2017 (2017-02) (Berlin)
CountrySpain
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
Box office$1.2 million

The Queen of Spain (Spanish: La reina de España) 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.

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.

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.