Film Review: Blancanieves (12A) (Spain/France 2012) (Director: Pablo Berger) (Spanish with English Subtitles) Sunday 28.07.2013 20:30 & Saturday 04.01.2014 18:15 - The Filmhouse Cinema Screen One, Edinburgh 

This is a Spanish retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Snow White, relocated to 1920's Seville. This has ravishing lighting and monochrome photography. The film is a proper 'silent' film with title-cards and traditional 'academy' aspect ratio. The film also has a fantastic flamenco score and an abundance of charm. There are also nice post modern elements, such as who is revealed to be Snow White's prince.

My film of the year, last year, was the quasi-silent 'Tabu' from Portugal. Tabu had more of a sense of depth to it. That is about the only difference I can see in terms of tone & quality. This is an exquisitely attractive film, that I would recommend in the strongest possible terms for it's beauty alone.

Rating: 10/10.