THE GIRL OF YOUR DREAMS (La Nina de Tus Ojos) (1998) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Fernando Trueba

Written by - Rafael Azcona, Miguel Ángel Egea, Carlos Lopez, David Trueba

Starring - Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Neus Asensi, Jesús Bonilla, Loles León, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sardá, Santiago Segura

"In the midst of the Sapnish Civil War, the German government invites a Spanish film crew and cast to film a musical production, one in German and another in Spanish, of the Andalucian hit ‘La Nina de tus Ojos’. The production gets always more troubled when they encounter the horrors of Hitler’s rule and the avances of Goebbels on the female lead actress become from amusing to disturbing. The film awkwardly unravels from a comedy farce to a noir drama. But while the screenplay is a little inconsistent, the cast is talented and the art direction exceptional."

Drama, Spain