Five hours of Spanish aristocrats being miserable in corsets. Trust me, it's *art*.
The imaginary city of Vetusta, a symbol of anachronistic and oppressive traditions, is the realm of hypocrisy and intolerance that makes Ana Ozores's life unbearable and inevitably tragic.
Acting
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón's suffocated longing is devastating.
Production
Vetusta feels like a prison built of lace and guilt.
Writing
Clarín's novel adapted with brutal fidelity to its pessimism.
Director
Fernando Méndez-Leite
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