Highly acclaimed, the film is widely considered a classic of Spanish cinema. The film is a thought-provoking and brooding social portrayal based on the Miguel De Unamuno novella of the same title. When she is ready to agree, she discovers an unexpected surprise. As Tula's priest advises her to marry Ramiro. She is also critical of his interest in other women. Meanwhile, Ramiro is attracted to Tula as she dotes on his children, but she spurns his affections. She acts as a wife mother figure, but does not accept the sexual commitments or maternal responsibilities of her new role. As she takes over the management of their lives, two children and widower. As Tula, who has a spinster status, supports his brother-in-law, forgetting that she is a woman. Tula, a 31-year-old unmarried woman (Aurora Bautista), whose sister has just died, decides to care her children and she undertakes a new life and to bring her brother-in-law Ramiro (Carlos Estrada), a bank employee into her home. La Tía Tula (English: Aunt Tula) is a 1964 film Spanish film magnificently directed by Miguel Picazo.
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