The Regent's Wife (1974)

4.8/10 93 min Drama

Overview

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Clarín, which narrates the difficulties of Ana Ozores to adapt to the sordidness of life in Vetusta, a provincial city of northern Spain inspired in Oviedo. The young Ana, married to a retired regent, lives oppressed by the provincial hypocrisy and the mystical fears of an absorbing religion. Sexually dissatisfied, beset by constant erotic dreams, she reveals in her confessional her intimate torments, and her confessor begins to feel a morbid passion for her. At the same time, Álvaro Mesía, a Don Juan, intends to seduce Ana.

Cast

Emma Penella

Ana Ozores - La Regenta

María Luisa Ponte

Petronila Rianzares

Pilar Bardem

Visitación

Nigel Davenport

Álvaro Mesía

Charo López

Petra

Adolfo Marsillach

Víctor Quintanar

Keith Baxter

Don Fermín de Pas

Rosario García Ortega

Doña Paula

Maruchi Fresno

Marquesa

Agustín González

Frígilis

Antonio Iranzo

Párroco de Contracalles

Isabel Mestres

Teresina

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