Ana and the Wolves

Ana and the Wolves Spanish Ana y los lobos is a 1973 Spanish 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 convoluted family. The film is encoded with political symbolism of Francisco Francos regime. Sauras 1979 Mam cumple cien aos was a sequel of sorts. It was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.

A family dinner that evening allows Ana to meet her eccentric employers. The family consists of three middle age brothers Jos, Juan and Fernando, their ailing mother, Mama Luchy, Juans wife, and the couples three daughters Carlota, Victoria and Natalia. At night, Natalia wakes up screaming after a nightmare. Juan, the father of the three girls, lusting over Ana, takes advantage of the situation to enter her bedroom. Firmly but politely, she rejects his sexual advances. Dominated by an uncontrollable sex drive, the rejected Juan looks for consolation with Amparo, one of the maids.Surprisingly, Ana starts receiving erotic letters signed by a secret admirer who desires to be with her. They are delivered with rare postage from distance places each of them increasingly closer. Jos explains to Ana that he has not only opened and read those letters, but that he knows who has been sending them. Juan, he tells her, has been writing those letters using the family valuable collection of stamps to deceive her. Jos has set up a small museum of military dress in his study and he offers Ana his protection and some economical compensation if she takes care of the uniforms. ........

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