La Niña de tus Ojos
The Girl of Your Dreams movie storyline. 1940’s… A modest company of Spanish film makers leaves Franco’s Spain by moving to the Germany of Hitler, to make a film co-produced between both countries. This is a musical rhythms of andalusian starring the actress Macarena Granada, and directed by Blas Fontiveros. The contrast of ideologies between the Spanish and the germans is quite marked, and it does not take long to be noticed…
The Girl of Your Dreams (Spanish: La Niña de tus Ojos) is a 1998 Spanish drama film produced and directed by Fernando Trueba and starring Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sardà, Santiago Segura, Loles León, Neus Asensi, Miroslav Táborský, Johannes Silberschneider and Karel Dobrý.
The story is based on facts: during the Spanish Civil War, cinema studios supported the Republic, so Franco’s followers had to go to Germany or Italy to make fictional films at Universum Film AG, known as UFA studios in Berlin to shoot both Spanish and German language versions.
For example, in 1938 Florián Rey filmed Carmen, la de Triana and a German-language double film named Andalusische Nächte (English: Nights in Andalusia), both starring Imperio Argentina, an Argentine-Spanish actress with whom, according to legend, Hitler fell in love. Imperio Argentina sued producers and director for using her life without permission to make this film.
The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
Directed by: Fernando Trueba
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sardà, Santiago Segura, Loles León, Neus Asensi, Miroslav Táborský, Johannes Silberschneider, Karel Dobrý
Screenplay by: Rafael Azcona, Miguel Ángel Egea, Carlos López, David Trueba
Production Design by: Juan Botella, Gerardo Vera
Cinematography by: Javier Aguirresarobe
Film Editing by: Carmen Frías
Costume Design by: Sonia Grande, Lala Huete
Art Direction by: Jan Zeman
Music by: Antoine Duhamel
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content and language.
Distributed by: Lolafilms Distribución
Release Date: November 13, 1998
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