Netflix, ‘Elite’ Star Ester Expósito and Locarno Winner Mar Coll Adapt ‘La Regenta,’ a ‘Fresh Female Perspective’ on a Big Spanish Classic (EXCLUSIVE)

Netflix has begun production on a feature adaptation of Leopoldo Alas “Clarín”’s classic novel *La Regenta*, directed by Mar Coll and starring Ester Expósito. The film will reinterpret the story from what Netflix calls a “fresh female perspective”, bringing a new treatment to a major work of Spanish literature.

Published in 1884–85, the nearly 700-page novel follows Ana Ozores, married to an older former magistrate in the stifling provincial city of Vetusta, as she seeks meaning amid desire, faith and social scrutiny. Oriol Pla plays her confessor, Fermín de Pas, while Vito Sanz and Borja Luna play Victor Quintanar and Álvaro Mesía; María Zamora produces for Elastica Films. The article describes the film as one of Spain’s major projects for 2027.