The Girl Of Your Dreams Details

Set in the aftermath of the Civil War, this perceptive comedy follows the misadventures of a Spanish film unit as it embarks upon a prestigious co-production at the legendary German UFA studios. Much of the attention is focused on the attempts of a sizzling Spanish star (Penélope Cruz) to avoid the attentions of the lecherous Goebbels (Johannes Silberschneider). But director Fernando Trueba is also keen to explore the nature of propaganda, the misuse of power and the ostensible differences between Franco and Hitler's brands of fascism. The final descent into farce is disappointingly laboured and trite, but the political and cinematic observations are astutely presented.