At first she was known as “The Girl of Your Dreams,” and now she is “The Queen of Spain.” Those bombastic, marquee-ready titles are referring to characters played by the great Penelope Cruz in a now-franchise by writer/director Fernando Trueba, who uses Cruz as a type of muse for comic lessons in Spanish film history.As an actress named Macarena Granada, Cruz leads an ensemble … A group of American movie people, forced to film in Spain because of McCarthyism, works closely with a group of Spanish actors, most of whom speak little English, except the sparkling Penelope Cruz. Trueba’s vibe throughout The Queen of Spain is one of “getting the band back together,” but in this case the gang should have probably been left alone. “The Queen of Spain” is the sequel to the film “The Nina of Your Dreams” released in 1999, with which Penelope Cruz won her first Goya Award.The film will highlight the Fifties style with a true anthology of the make-up of the era, Doris Day curls, iconic dresses worn by Penelope Cruz, such as the seductive powder-colored bustier. Also in 2016, Cruz reteamed with Fernando Trueba on his Spanish-language period pic The Queen of Spain, a sequel to Trueba's 1998 drama The Girl of Your Dreams. EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a clip from Fernando Trueba’s The Queen of Spain, starring Penélope Cruz, which premieres February 13 as part of the … In “Queen,” an opening montage evoking newsreels describes Franco’s invitation to American studios to shoot in Spain. A marvelous blend of romance, history, ribald comedy, and melodrama. But though “The Queen of Spain” looks terrific and features a warm, glamorous performance by Penélope Cruz, that promise is fulfilled only fitfully in this valentine to moviemaking. In the film, Penelope Cruz stars as the famous movie star Macarena Granada, who flees the glitz and glamour of 1950s Hollywood to return to her roots in Spain where she has signed on to star in an epic film as Queen Isabella of Spain. Love, love, love this movie! A sultry Spanish film star (Penélope Cruz) and an eclectic cast of actors must rescue a long-time friend when he is kidnapped in the middle of the Synopsis. EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a clip from Fernando Trueba’s The Queen of Spain, starring Penélope Cruz, which premieres February 13 as part of the … A sultry Spanish film star (Penélope Cruz) and an eclectic cast of actors must rescue a long-time friend after he is kidnapped in the middle of the biggest American-Spanish coproduction of the year, during the Golden Age of the Hollywood studio system. Penélope Cruz leads an all-star cast, including Javier Cámara and Chino Darín, in the comically ingenious LA REINA DE ESPAÑA, Fernando Trueba’s follow-up to LA NIÑA DE TUS OJOS. The Queen of Spain reeks of the kind of vanity project that was made because it could be made, but no one stopped to ask if it was a film that should be made.