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The House of Bernarda Alba (1991) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1991 · 101 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Núria Espert, Stuart Burge
- Starring
- Joan Plowright, Glenda Jackson, Suzanna Hamilton, Deborah Findlay, Emer McCourt, Pauline Melville
A domineering, reclusive and pious widow rules a small Spanish town, imprisoning her five daughters and denying them normal social lives. When she permits the eldest to marry a disreputable young man for financial gain, jealousy and rivalry ignite among the sisters, exposing the suffocating oppression of Bernarda’s household.
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