Princesses

Caye is a young woman who has family problems and decides to become a prostitute. One day she discovers quite by chance that her Latin-American neighbour, Zulema, who is also a prostitute, has been attacked. She takes her to hospital and a solid friendship begins to develop between the two women. From then on they will share their sorrows and joys, the strains of the profession but also their sweetest dreams, in the case of Zulema to be reunited to her son and her fear of a civil servant who is blackmailing her, and in the case of Caye her wish to have cosmetic breast surgery. When Zulema decides to go back to her country, Caye will leave the door open to her family so that they can find out exactly how she makes her living.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Fernando Leοn de Aranoa
Cinematography: Ramiro Civita
Editing: Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Sound: Miguel Rejas, Polo Aledo
Music: Alfonso de Villaronga, Manu Chao
Actors: Candela Pena (Caye), Micaela Nevarez (Zulema), Mariana Cordero (Pilar), Pere Arquillue (Carlos), Llum Barrera (Gloria),Violeta Perez (Caren)
Production: Reposado PC
Producers: Jaume Roures, F. Leοn de Aranoa
Co-production: Mediapro & Antena 3 Televisiοn & Canal+ (Spain)
Costumes: Bina Daigeler
Format: 35 mm, Color
Production Country: Spain
Production Year: 2005
Duration: 114

Fernando Leόn de Aranoa

He was born in Madrid in 1958 and is a graduate in image studies (Universidad Complutense). An excellent draftsman, he began working in commercials and after some courses began a prolific career as a scriptwriter for TV and for other directors. In 1994 he produced his first short film Sirenas that brought him into contact with the producer El£as Querejeta. The success of his first two films (Family and Barrio) established his reputation as one of the most important film directors of his generation.

Filmography

Selected
1996 Familia/Family
1998 Barrio
2002 Los lunes al sol/Mondays in the Sun
2005 Princesas/Princesses
2007 Buenas Noches, Ouma/Good Night, Ouma (segment from the film Invisibles,doc.)