Immortalized in the back yard where she used to stroll with a book in her hand while Magistral Don Fermin spied her from the Cathedral's tower, visitors to Oviedo are intrigued by this statue of the beautiful and romantic Ana Ozores, married to elderly aristocrat don Víctor de Quintanar, who prefers hunting to satisfying his young wife's emotional and spiritual needs. No wonder Ana becomes an innocent prey to "Don Juan" Álvaro Mesía, but in the end she is lonelier than ever, a victim of the hypocrisy of Vetusta's (19th century) society.
In this fragment of the film based on Clarín's masterpiece (in Spanish) the intrigues that led to Ana's fall are masterfully portrayed.
Great statue. My only problem is with that HAT. Obdulia Fandiño would wear something like that, la Marquesa, maybe, but definitely not Ana! It's way too flamboyant for her taste...
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