The tragic fate of Juana I of Castille, Queen of Spain, madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria.
Acting
Pilar López de Ayala's gradual unraveling is devastating precision
Production
Claustrophobic palace corridors that mirror Juana's mental prison
Costume
Velvet and jewels hiding rot beneath — symbolism you can wear
Director
Vicente Aranda
Pilar López de Ayala
Juana
Daniele Liotti
Felipe
Rosana Pastor
Elvira
Giuliano Gemma
De Veyre
Roberto Álvarez
Almirante
Manuela Arcuri
Aixa-Beatriz
Susi Sánchez
Regina Isabel
Chema de Miguel
Don Juan Manuel
Andrés Lima
Marqués de Villena
Cipriano Lodosa
Marliano
Carolina Bona
Inés
Héctor Colomé
Re Fernando di Aragona
Jennifer Diaz
Maria bambina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aranda deliberately mirrors Juana's confinement with tight Academy ratio framing — the screen itself becomes her tower.
Pilar López de Ayala won the Goya for this role and basically retired from cinema immediately after, which feels cosmically appropriate for Juana's story.
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