Ana (Geraldine Chaplin) is the new foreign nanny for three girls of a troubled family in an isolated mansion in Spain. José (José María Prada) is an uncle who seems to maintain control of the household and trying to impose his will on Ana.
I did read some analysis of this film as an allegory of the Spanish fascist dictatorship. I'm out of my leagues with all that. I don't have the understanding of their domestic politics during that time. Without all that, this is still compelling as a psychological horror. It would however be missing its internal spirit and a lot of this is going over my head.
I did read some analysis of this film as an allegory of the Spanish fascist dictatorship. I'm out of my leagues with all that. I don't have the understanding of their domestic politics during that time. Without all that, this is still compelling as a psychological horror. It would however be missing its internal spirit and a lot of this is going over my head.