Sinopsis: Basada en la novela homónima de Lope de Vega. Diana, condesa de Belflor, es una joven perspicaz, impulsiva e inteligente. Está enamorada de Teodoro, su secretario, pero comprueba que éste ya está comprometido con la dama Marcela. Movida por los celos y la envidia, todo su afán se centra en separar a los dos enamorados.
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Cinema "World Book Day": "The Dog in the Manger"
Synopsis: Based on the novel by Lope de Vega. A prominent 17th-century Spanish noblewoman throws social convention to the wind and pursues a romance with her low-born personal secretary in this romantic and lavish costume thriller. The trouble begins when the young Countess Diana discovers that the secretary Teodoro is engaged to one of her maids. Outraged, she manipulates her servant into falling in love with another so she can have Teodoro to herself. The attention she heaps upon Teodoro inspires the jealousy of her blue-blooded suitors who begin plotting his demise.
In Spanish with English subtitles