After the death of her husband Bernarda Alba puts her daughters under a rigurous mourning which does not even allow them to leave the house.
8 comic sketches set in Italy, with 4 of the most famous European sex symbols of the 70's playing 2 roles each.
A work of Valle-Inclán, the story takes place in Galicia in the early twentieth century. To escape poverty, the wife of a sacristan uses a hydrocephalic child as a sideshow attraction. This causes a confrontation with her sister-in-law.
