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Ana and the Wolves (1973)

★ 7.3102 min

1973 Spanish film

Ana and the Wolves (Spanish: Ana y los lobos) is a 1973 Spanish absurdist comedy-drama film directed by Carlos Saura. Starring Geraldine Chaplin as a foreign governess who comes to an isolated house to take care of the children of a twisted family. The film is encoded with political symbolism of Francoist Spain. Saura’s 1979 Mamá cumple cien años was a sequel of sorts. It was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.

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What is Ana and the Wolves about?
Ana and the Wolves (1973) — 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 clot
Is Ana and the Wolves based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Ana and the Wolves scary?
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