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The House of Bernalda Alba

86 min

A slow, suffocating look at oppression and resistance, mixing past and present to feel both timeless and urgent.

Directed by
Belkis Vega Belmonte, Miguel Sosa
Genres
Tv movie, Science fiction
Starring
Corina Mestre, Alina Rodríguez, Luisa María Jiménez
Overview
Located in deep Spain at the beginning of the 20th century, the work reveals a traditional society where violence and oppression against women is exercised even by women themselves in a mimetic replica of the model imposed by patriarchal society. The presentation goes from contemporaneity to the time with the character of Bernarda and returns to the contemporaneity with that of Adela, emphasizing what we must leave in the past and the freedom that we defend for our present.

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Directed by
Belkis Vega Belmonte, Miguel Sosa
Genres
Tv movie, Science fiction
Starring
Corina Mestre, Alina Rodríguez, Luisa María Jiménez
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • power
  • family
  • isolation
  • freedom
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
tv movie, science fiction
Directed by
Belkis Vega Belmonte, Miguel Sosa
Written by
Julio Cid
Starring
Corina Mestre, Alina Rodríguez, Luisa María Jiménez, Maria Teresa Pina Cabrera, Janet Bernardo, Ketty de la Iglesis, Paula Ali, Verónica Díaz
Runtime
86 min
Country
Cuba
Languages
Spanish

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