The Regent's Wife (1974)
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.
Director: Gonzalo Suárez
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Emma Penella as Ana Ozores - La Regenta |
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María Luisa Ponte as Petronila Rianzares |
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Pilar Bardem as Visitación |
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Nigel Davenport as Álvaro Mesía |
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Charo López as Petra |
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Adolfo Marsillach as Víctor Quintanar |
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Keith Baxter as Don Fermín de Pas |
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Rosario García Ortega as Doña Paula |
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Maruchi Fresno as Marquesa |
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Agustín González as Frígilis |
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Antonio Iranzo as Párroco de Contracalles |
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Isabel Mestres as Teresina |
| Directing | Gonzalo Suárez | Director |
| Writing | Juan Antonio Porto | Writer |
| Camera | Luis Cuadrado | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | Music |
| Production | Emiliano Piedra | Producer |
| Writing | Leopoldo Alas 'Clarín' | Novel |
| Sound | Carmelo Bernaola | Music Director |
| Crew | Chechu Rojo | Stunts |
| Art | Miguel Narros | Art Direction |
| Production | José María Pascual | Associate Producer |
| Editing | José Antonio Rojo | Editor |
| Art | Wolfgang Burmann | Production Design |
| Directing | Isabel Mulá | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | José García Galisteo | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julián Ruiz | Makeup Artist |