She waited 25 years for a man who forgot to write. Lorca's tragicomic gut-punch.
At the end of the 19th century, young Rosita and her cousin are engaged to be married, shortly before he has to leave for Cuba.
Acting
Morales captures decades of hope curdling into delusion.
Writing
Lorca's acidic dialogue cuts through period costume fluff.
Production
Compressed theatrical staging maximizes claustrophobic dread.
Director
Antonio Artero
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Artero adapts Lorca's 1935 'poem for voices,' originally unstageable—this 1965 film cracks it open for cinema.
The title's cruel irony: 'Doña' marks her as permanently unmarried, not honored—Spanish society's backhanded pity.
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