Name: Bearn
Director: Jaime Chávarri
Genre: Drama
Released: 1983-04-14
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Fernando Rey, Ángela Molina, Amparo Soler Leal, Imanol Arias, Alfredo Mayo

A funeral where blood purity matters more than death itself — welcome to 1865 Mallorca.

Gothic family secretsSlow-burn melodramaDecaying aristocracy

Overview

Drama

Mallorca, 1865. Mr Bearns' funerals, "better to dye thant to mix blood". Juan Mayol, orphan unknow his past and decides to rebuild his family history

ES Spanish

Content warning

Inherited traumaClass and racial purityIdentity through forbidden lineage

Standout Aspects

Acting

Fernando Rey's towering, wounded patriarch

Cinematography

Mallorca's light versus suffocating interiors

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Director

Jaime Chávarri

ReleasedApr 14, 1983

Runtime1h 58m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Jet Films

Kaktus Producciones Cinematográficas

Top Cast

Fernando Rey

Don Antonio

Ángela Molina

Xima

Amparo Soler Leal

Doña María Antonia

Imanol Arias

Don Juan

Alfredo Mayo

Vicario

William Layton

Dr. Wassman

Eduardo MacGregor

Secretario

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Based on Blai Bonet's novel, the film confronts Spain's buried history of 'limpieza de sangre' — blood purity laws that lasted centuries after the Inquisition.

Trivia

Chávarri shot in actual Mallorcan estates where families still quietly maintained genealogical records to prove 'pure' ancestry; several extras were descendants of the very system depicted.