Anna and the Wolves

1972
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Anna and the Wolves
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Title: Anna and the Wolves

Original Title: Ana y los lobos

Year: 1972

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Plot

The young but travelled Ana arrives in a manor in the countryside of Spain to work as nanny of three girls and finds a dysfunctional family: the matriarch is a sick old woman obsessed by death and having constant nervous breakdowns; her son José was raised dressing in girl's clothes until his First Communion and is obsessed by military clothes and paraphernalia; Juan, the father of the three girls, a pervert since his childhood, writes pornographic letters to Ana; his wife, Luchy, has suicidal tendencies; and the mystic and religious eremite Fernando, who was inflicted to flagellation in his childhood, lives as a recluse in a cave. The presence of Ana disturbs the three brothers with tragic consequences.

Cast

Director:

Carlos Saura Carlos Saura

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Trivia

The Great Producer of Spanish Cinema

Elías Querejeta is the greatest producer of Spanish cinema, the man behind masterpieces by directors like Carlos Saura, Víctor Erice or Jaime Chávarri.

Awards for Fernán Gómez and Aparicio

Fernando Fernán Gómez and Rafaela Aparicio, two legends of Spanish acting, worked together in the film and both of them received the Cinema Writers Circle Awards.

Released in Cannes

Carlos Saura was an usual suspect in Cannes. With this movie, he competed for the Palme D'Or in 1973.

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