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Yerma is the lonely housewife of a Spanish farmer. She longs to have a child, but believes she is unable to conceive. Upon learning from an elderly psychic woman that the problem may have more to do with her husband, Yerma rebels against her lonely life and her place in society.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Artimagen Producciones, Televisión Española, Cinemateca, Inc, Facets Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Fraga, Carlos Jorge, Casa-Montesinos, Manuel de, Távora, Pilar (Director), Sánchez-Gijón, Aitana (Actor), Papas, Irene (Actor), Diego, Juan (Actor), Almeida, Acácio de, 1938-, Sanchis, Vicente, García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:In Spanish, with English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : Cinemateca : [2003]
Edition:Widescreen version.
Series:Cinemateca literaria.
Subjects:
Housewives > Spain > Drama.
Amas de casa > España > Teatro.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Spanish.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Description
Summary:Yerma is the lonely housewife of a Spanish farmer. She longs to have a child, but believes she is unable to conceive. Upon learning from an elderly psychic woman that the problem may have more to do with her husband, Yerma rebels against her lonely life and her place in society.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1999 (c1998).
Based on a work of the same title by Federico García Lorca.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; NTSC.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of cinematography, Acácio de Almeida ; editor, Pilar Távora ; music, Vicente Sanchis and Vicente Sánchez.
ISBN:1565803620
9781565803626