Alatriste (2006, Spain)

Blanca Portillo plays the role of the General Inquisitor, Fray Emilio Bocanegra.

And the character Angelica de Alquezar dresses as a male to have an night assignation with her lover, Iñigo Balboa.

Iñigo: Que haceis vestida de hombre, ya sabeis que esta prohibido?
(What are you doing dressed as a male, you know it is forbiden?

Angelica: No querreis que venga vestida de basquiña y guardainfante?
(Perhaps you want me to came dressed in a basquiña (= a short-sleeved overdress for outdoor wear) and farthingales?)

But the plot treatment in the film is reported to be inferior to the original novel.

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