Al Servicio de la Mujer Española

Al Servicio de la Mujer Española (1978)

Genres - Drama  |   Run Time - 109 min.  |   Countries - Spain  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Clarke Fountain

Set in the late Franco era in a lonely region of northwestern Spain, this story examines the process by which a socially quite conservative "Miss Lonelyhearts" radio counsellor becomes a woman with a much broader view of life. The girl in question lives with her very religious sister in a large house and gives advice in keeping with the prevailing attitudes of the times. When a man seeks her out and determinedly woos her, she resists him, just as he resists everything she and her program stand for. Eventually, they have a tempestuous and even abusive short-lived affair. Despite the un-romantic ending of their relationship, something has stirred in her, and she questions her old ways of seeing things.

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extramarital-affair, love, oppression, religion, romance, sexual-awakening, woman