The Holy Innocents (1984)

  • NR
  • 09/29/1984 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 47m

Overview

Somewhere in the spanish country, in the 60s. Paco and his wife Régula are very poor. They work as tenant farmers for a very wealthy landowner. They have 3 children. One is backward. The others can not got to school because the master "needs" their work. When Regula's brother is fired from where he has worked for 61 years, he settles down at their little place... An attack against the archaism of the spanish country of the 60s.

Mario Camus

Director, Writer

Miguel Delibes

Novel

Antonio Larreta

Screenplay

Manolo Matji

Screenplay

Cast

Alfredo Landa's headshot

Alfredo Landa

Paco, El Bajo
Terele Pávez's headshot

Terele Pávez

Régula
Belén Ballesteros's headshot

Belén Ballesteros

Nieves
Juan Sachez's headshot

Juan Sachez

Quirce
Susana Sánchez's headshot

Susana Sánchez

La Niña Chica
Francisco Rabal's headshot

Francisco Rabal

Azarías
Ágata Lys's headshot

Ágata Lys

Doña Pura
Agustín González's headshot

Agustín González

Don Pedro

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