The Holy Innocents
Los santos inocentes, feature film, 1984
DIRECTED BY: Mario Camus
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