Ana y los lobos (1973) is encoded with political symbolism of Francoist Spain. Carlos Saura's Mamà compie 100 anni (1979) was a sequel of sorts. It was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.
Ana y los lobos (1973) is a political allegory of Spain under Francisco Franco. The crumbling mansion is Spain, governed by an old crippled woman and inhabited by her sons who represent the strings that move the country with liberty cut off. José is the authoritarianism and represent the military; Fernando, the religious hypocrisy represents the church and Juan, embodying sexuality, represents the family. The three brothers, like wolves, stalk their prey and will not stop until they achieve their purpose. Ana, the foreigner in that closeted world, comes to disturb the internal order and for that pays the ultimate price.