A young girl is sent to a Venezuelan hacienda, where she learns about the life of her reclusive aunt, Oriana.
Cinematography
Steam-soaked estate dissolving into verdant decay.
Direction
Torres crafts female gaze as slow drowning.
Production
The hacienda is a character, rotting in real-time.
Director
Fina Torres
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
First Venezuelan film to win Cannes' Caméra d'Or, putting Latin American women's cinema on the 1985 map.
Torres shot the hacienda as a 'woman's body in decline' — every crumbling wall mirrors Oriana's imprisoned sensuality.
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