| Genre: | Historical drama |
| Director: | Gonzalo Suárez |
| Country: | Spain, Italy |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 4 |
| Producer: | Andrés Vicente Gómez |
| Editor: | Eduardo Biurrun |
| Cinematography: | Carlos Suárez |
| Runtime: | 240 min. |
| Channel: | La Primera |
Spanish; Castilian: Los pazos de Ulloa is a Spanish–Italian prime-time television series based on the 1886 novel of the same name and its 1887 sequel by Emilia Pardo Bazán. Produced by Midega Film and Cía. Iberoamericana de T.V. for Televisión Española (TVE) and Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), it was directed by Gonzalo Suárez, with screenplay by himself, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and Carmen Rico Godoy. Its four episodes adapting the novels were broadcast on La Primera of Televisión Española in 1985.
Galicia, 1880. Don Julián, a priest who has been sent as administrator of the Marquis' estate, arrives at the Pazos de Ulloa, a remote and wild place. Don Pedro, Marquis of Ulloa, an impoverished and corrupt feudal lord, is impeded from marrying Nucha, a young lady from the city, his cousin, for whom the hostile and cruel environment of the pazos will constitute a hellish nightmare. Sabel, with whom the Marquis has had a bastard son, is the opposite figure to the fragile Nucha.
The series was directed by Gonzalo Suárez, with screenplay by himself, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and Carmen Rico Godoy.[1] The exteriors were filmed on location in Santiago de Compostela, El Espinar, Gondomar, Puenteareas, and Tuy for five months. The interiors were filmed at the Luis Buñuel studios in Madrid, where of sets were built. It was produced with a budget of 250 million pesetas (€1.5 million).[2]
See main article: Valladolid International Film Festival. Los pazos de Ulloa was chosen television series of the year by the Valladolid International Film Festival in 1986. The four episodes were screened in their film version during the thirty-first edition of the festival.[3]
See main article: Banff World Television Festival. TVE presented Los pazos de Ulloa at the 1986 Banff World Television Festival, where it received a special prize from the jury.[3]
See main article: TP de Oro.
| Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Best Spanish Series | [4] | ||
| Best Actor | Fernando Rey | |||
| José Luis Gómez | ||||
| Best Actress | Charo López | |||
| Victoria Abril | ||||
See main article: Fotogramas de Plata.
| Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Best Television Performer | José Luis Gómez | [5] | |
| Victoria Abril |