The House of Bernarda Alba

Year: 1991

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: English

Directors: Núria Espert, Stuart Burge

Drama

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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