House Of Bernarda Alba, The (1987) (1987) Spain
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Director:Camus, Mario, Belén, Ana, Caba, Irene Gutiérrez, Carballeira, Enriqueta, Chico, Florinda, Peña, Vicky
Studio:Paraiso Films S.A.
Writer:Mario Camus, Federico García Lorca
Rating:6.6 (163 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:736899066123
Awards:1 win & 4 nominations
Genre:Spanish films
IMDb:0092729
Duration:1:43:00
Aspect Ratio:1.66 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:Spanish
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300002478
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Camus, Mario, Belén, Ana, Caba, Irene Gutiérrez, Carballeira, Enriqueta, Chico, Florinda, Peña, Vicky  ...  (Director)
Mario Camus, Federico García Lorca  ...  (Writer)
 
Irene Gutiérrez Caba  ...  Bernarda Alba
Ana Belén  ...  Adela
Florinda Chico  ...  Poncia
Enriqueta Carballeira  ...  Angustias
Vicky Peña  ...  Martirio
Aurora Pastor  ...  Magdalena
Mercedes Lezcano  ...  Amelia
Pilar Puchol  ...  Criada
Rosario García Ortega  ...  
Ana María Ventura  ...  Prudencia
Paula Soldevila  ...  Muchacha
Álvaro Quiroga  ...  Pepe el romano
Fernanda de Utrera  ...  (voice)
Comments: DSP 197

Summary: Based on the play by Federico Garci?a Lorca, THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA is the story of a cold-blooded provincial widow and her five adult daughters. Bernarda (Irene Gutie?rrez Caba) rules her wealthy household with an iron fist, forbidding her daughters to socialize with, let alone marry, the local people she considers their social inferieors. After the death of their father, Bernarda locks her daughters in the house for an eight-year mourning period, acquiescing only to the courtship of her eldest, Angustias (Enriqueta Caballeira), by Pepe el Romano, a mysterious nobleman who arrives on horseback each evening. Because Pepe is the only eligible bachelor in town, the younger sisters fall in love with him as well. Hardest hit is Adela (Ana Bele?n), the beauty of the family, whose illicit romance with Pepe has tragic conseqeunces for the entire family. Beautifully shot and acted, the film conveys both the claustrophobia and beauty of a sequestered, all-female hosuehold.