The Holy Innocents

Los santos inocentes, feature film, 1984

DIRECTED BY: Mario Camus

The Holy Innocents

CAST:
Alfredo Landa (Paco),
Terele Pávez (Régula),
Belén Ballesteros (Nieves),
Juan Sanchez (Quirce),
Susana Sánchez (la nińa chica)

SCRIPT:
Mario Camus,
Antonio Larreta,
Manolo Matji (prema romanu Miguela Delibesa)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Hans Burman

Synopsis:
Paco and Régula are a poor married couple who work on a rich marquise’s farm. They have four children, one of their daughters is retarded and the other two work on the farm instead of going to school. Nieves works as a maid and plans to move to the city and go to school. Her brother Quirce plans to leave the farm as well. Their brother Azarias spend his time taking care of the birds.

b/w and color, 107 min