In the early 1930s in a village in Andalusia, southern Spain. Bernarda Alba, who has just lost her second husband, Antonio, to a sudden death, lives with her elderly mother and five daughters. She has become an authoritarian head of the household, managing the inheritance and estate she received from Antonio. During Antonio's eight-year mourning period, Bernarda Alba strictly monitors her family, preventing them from interacting with the villagers and imposing a highly restrained life. In this situation, her eldest daughter, Angustias, hastens her marriage to her younger fiancé, Pepe, and subtle tensions begin to arise among the sisters who are attracted to Pepe. Inside Bernarda Alba's seemingly peaceful home, Bernarda Alba and her family become jealous and confront each other due to their passionate emotions, ultimately leading to ruin.