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 La madre naturaleza [es] by Emilia Pardo Bazán.
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.
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.
[3] TVE presented Los pazos de Ulloa at the 1986 Banff World Television Festival, where it received a special prize from the jury.