The House of Bernarda Alba

• 0.0 Drama
• 1991-12-18
• 101 minutes mins

A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensues among the other daughters.

Starring:

Glenda Jackson (Bernarda) Joan Plowright (Poncia) Patricia Hayes (Mara Josefa) Deborah Findlay (Martirio) Suzanna Hamilton (Amelia) Gillian Hanna (Maid) Emer McCourt (Beggar) Pauline Melville (Prudencia) Mary Maddox (Magdelana)

Director:

Núria Espert Stuart Burge

Writer:

Robert David MacDonald Federico García Lorca