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The Holy Innocents (Spanish: Los santos inocentes) is a 1984 Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus based on Miguel Delibes' novel of the same title which stars Alfredo Landa and Francisco Rabal. The plot explores the lives of landless labourers scraping by in an aristocratic estate in 1960s Extremadura.
An attack against the archaism of the spanish country of the 60s. 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 Holy Innocents: Directed by Mario Camus. With Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez, Belén Ballesteros, Juan Sachez. Spain, 1960s. The family of poor farmers work hard in the countryside for the rich landowners who exploit them.
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- Drama
- Mario Camus
- 1984-04-04
Dec 29, 2018 · After being halted for several decades due to the Civil War and the turbulent times that followed, on 28 December 1981 the Day of the Holy Innocents or 'El día de los Santos Inocentes' was celebrated once again in the Alicante town of Ibi. The day's origins carry a somewhat dark humour.
The Holy Innocents (Spanish: Los santos inocentes) is a 1984 Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus based on Miguel Delibes' novel of the same title which stars Alfredo Landa and Francisco Rabal. The plot explores the lives of landless labourers scraping by in an aristocratic estate in 1960s Extremadura.
Los santos inocentes (The Holy Innocents) The adaptation of Miguel Delibes' novel of the same name is one of the outstanding examples of the cinematographic policies of the eighties, which sought new readings on the eternal dialogue between cinema and literature in order to highlight the main themes and concerns of Spanish culture.
The Holy Innocents ★★★ Los Santos Inocentes 1984 (PG) A peasant family is torn asunder by their feudal obligations to their patrons. Set in the 1960s in Franco's Spain.
