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Princesses(Princesas)

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Spain · 2005
1h 53m
Director Fernando León de Aranoa
Starring Candela Peña, Micaela Nevárez, Mariana Cordero, Llum Barrera
Genre Drama

Zulema is an undocumented immigrant in Spain, struggling to make ends meet. She takes up sex work, sending money home to her family in the Dominican Republic. On the streets of Madrid, she meets a Spanish sex worker, Caye, who is hiding her profession from her family. Despite their differences, the two women form a deep friendship.

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The New York Times by

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.

70

Salon by Andrew O'Hehir

Candela Peña is sensational in the leading role, and the film is big-hearted, poetic, sweet, sad and romantic.

75

New York Daily News by Jack Mathews

The actresses create wonderfully rich characters, and Luis Callejo, as Caye's unknowing boyfriend Manuel, and Antonio Durán, as the sadistic civil servant, fill out the very strong cast.

58

The A.V. Club by 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.

88

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

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

50

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

Starts as a serious examination of the two women's lives, but it descends into a mushy melodrama complete with schmaltzy music and dewy cinematography.

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