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Candela Pena (Actor), Micaela Nevarez (Actor), Fernando Leon De Aranoa (Director, Producer) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Candela Pena, Micaela Nevarez, Mariana Cordero, Llum Barrera, Violeta Perez
  • Directors: Fernando Leon De Aranoa
  • Producers: Fernando Leon De Aranoa, Jaume Roures
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: Spanish
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Drakes Avenue
  • DVD Release Date: 28 April 2008
  • Run Time: 109 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0014JGFGY
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 20,120 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Caye (Candela Pena) is a middle-class prostitute whose family are unaware of her profession. While many of Gaye's days are spent hanging out with her fellow prostitutes cursing the rapid proliferation of cheaper immigrant prostitutes on the city streets, a chance encounter with Zule (Miceala Nevarez), who hails from the Dominican Republic, soon prompts Caye to re-evaluate her condemnation. A dedicated mother who sells her body in order to send money back to her son back home, Zule is taken to hospital by Caye after being badly beaten and left for dead. Now, as a warm bond begins to develop between the two women whose dreams of financial stability and kind companionship help to ease the pain of familial separation, the resulting discovery of self-determination leads Caye and Zule in a journey of self-discovery that will leave both women changed forever.

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"A powerful and poignant film"
-- Boxoffice.com

"A warmhearted, sharp-eyed study of a roller-coaster friendship between two women" -- Variety

"Engaging and rewarding" -- LA Times

"Well-crafted and moving" -- Village Voice

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5.0 out of 5 starsPrincesses indeed
By giovanni on 12 Oct. 2009
Format: DVD
Fernando Leon De Aranoa , director of the critically aclaimed " Mondays In The Sun " , is also the man behind such gems like " Barrio " and " Familia " ( one of the trickiest , little films about family you'll ever get the chance to see) . His latest offering " Princesas " is another slice-of-life film experience , strongly empowered by it's two charismatic leads , Candela Pena and Micaela Nevarez .

Caye ( Pena ) is a prostitute working on the streets of Madrid . Seemingly unapologetic about the reasons that led her to this profession , she's a pessimistic creature , weary and doubtful about her chances of happiness . Best time of the day is with other fellow collegues hanging out at a beauty salon a friend owns . Worst time of the day ( or week or month...) is at the family dinner with her mother and brother with whom she has no real communication to speak of . Zulema is a dominican statuesque beauty working too on the streets of the spanish capital , with no papers to feel any security for herself . She has a little boy back in home to whom she sends most of the money that she earns .

Aranoa choses an earthy , unpolished aproach to his material . The girls' grim reality is something the director doesn't shy away from . Still , there is a sweetness in the film - life is a bittersweet mystery afterall .

Candela Pena has been a key supporting figure in many great spanish films during the last decade . Here , in one of her few leading roles , she's exceptional , her traumatised gaze displaying all the vulnerability and compation of her struggling character . Along with graceful newcomer Nevarez ,they create one of most believable pair of friends ive ever seen on screen . Finally , special credit must be given to Manu Chao's music colouring the film - his songs about all the poor lost souls of this earth meet a perfect match with this movie's social sensibilities.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFelt Realistic.
By HK on 3 Jan. 2013
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The film came across almost documentary like, you really felt like you were watching real lives. Directed very well, I left it thinking I'd just had a unique insight into the fragile life of an immigrant sex worker.

Great story, good acting, one of the better foreign language films out there.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA very good film
By andy on 18 Dec. 2014
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There is superb acting from all the cast in Princesses and especially so from the two leading actresses in the film – Candela Peña and Micaela Nevárez. The directing is good, as is the plot, the music, the editing and indeed all about this film with the possible exception of the hand-held camera work.

The plot is plausible and intelligent. There is no gratuitous use of sex or violence in the film but sex and sometimes violence is portrayed and the film puts across the life of the prostitutes in Princesses very convincingly.

This really is a very good film, and if like me you dislike deliberately shaken cameras, you might think twice about watching it, but actually I would recommend this film anyway as everything else about the film is very good.

Princesses was nominated for numerous awards and won awards for Best Actress (Candela Peña) and Best New Actress (Micaela Nevárez) Best Original Song (Manu Chao) at the Goya’s. It won awards from The Spanish Actors Union and was nominated for awards at other film festivals including The Sundance Film Festival.

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Princesses (1 hour 49 minutes)
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Trailer (2 minutes)
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4.0 out of 5 starsAn excellent look into the everyday life of prostitutes at the ...
By Sean Miller on 14 Feb. 2015
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An excellent look into the everyday life of prostitutes at the lower end of the scale. The lead actress is excellent and so believable and you follow her journey with relish. The supporting cast are equally excellent with not one performance lacking, which is some feat. I can't recommend this enough because the director has used a clever technique to travel with the characters imitating an almost documentary style. As ever with foreign movies, the characterisation is always critical as well as the story, and this should be held high up as a testimony of that.
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4.0 out of 5 starsSocial realism.
By prebenj on 31 Oct. 2011
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A film showing the harsh realities of illegal imigranter, but it also shows that even in the harshest environments is room for compassion.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFANTASTIC
By sleepyeyes on 3 Mar. 2014
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What a thought provoking, deeply moving film. The acting is amazingly real, you really feel for the characters. Opens your eyes to how biased people are and that you never truly know what goes on in other's lives.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLove it
By Aleksandra on 8 April 2014
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I love this movie, its original and beautifully directed. It warm and entertaining, one of my favourite movies. Im so glad I found it.
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3.0 out of 5 starsModerately interesting.
By Stave on 27 April 2015
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A moderately interesting night's viewing! Some subtitles were changed too fast, but the story line can still be followed.
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