Princesas

Princesas - Princesses premiered in London at the Spanish Film Festival last Friday 15th. This is the most recent film from director Fernando León de Aranoa, who also directed Mondays in the Sun in 2002.

It features the magnificent Candela Peña (All About My Mother, Torremolinos 73, Take My Eyes) and newcomer Micaela Neváraz. Their performances got them the Goya award early this year. The third Goya went to Manu Chao, for his brilliant song "me llaman calle".

The friendship that grows between Caye and Zulema, the two prostitutes and their own personal different struggles is what makes the movie interesting. It never falls onto a Pretty Woman situation but it does allow them both to have dreams and have fun despite their shitty working condition.

Here's the international trailer for the movie.