Yerma (1999)

Directed by

Pilar Tàvora

Genre

drama film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 53m

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in rural Spain desperately wants to have a child but cannot conceive. Her longing strains her marriage and leads to increasing despair.

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What happens

Yerma is a 1998 Spanish drama film directed and written by Pilar Távora which stars Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, alongside Juan Diego and Irene Papas. It is an adaptation of the play of the same name by Federico García Lorca. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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