The Holy Innocents (1984) ( Los santos inocentes )

The Holy Innocents (1984) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$41.99

Original Title: Los santos inocentes
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Collectors Edition
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1984 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Mario Camus

Written By:
Mario Camus
Miguel Delibes

Actors:
Alfredo Landa ..... Paco, El Bajo
Terele Pávez ..... Régula
Belén Ballesteros ..... Nieves
Juan Sachez ..... Quirce
Susana Sánchez ..... La Niña Chica
Francisco Rabal ..... Azarías
Ágata Lys ..... Doña Pura
Agustín González ..... Don Pedro
Juan Diego ..... Señorito Iván
Mary Carrillo ..... Señora Marquesa
José Guardiola ..... Señorito de la Jara
Manuel Zarzo ..... Médico

Synopsis:

The Holy Innocents (Spain), directed by Mario Camus, is based on a novel by Miguel Delibes. The setting is rural Spain during the 60s. Don Pedro supervises the large farm estate owned by a rich marchioness who resides in Madrid. Paco and his family, a son and two daughters (one of them a brain damaged cripple), live on the estate in a small stone hut. The film slowly reveals how this laborer and his loved ones - including Azarias, the feeble minded brother of Paco's wife - are exploited and patronized by Don Pedro and Ivan, the son of the marchioness. The children grow up shamed by the shabby treatment of their parents and scornful of the wealth, power and sexual games of those who control their destinies. Francisco Rabal, who plays Azarias, won the Best Acting Award at Cannes for his performance in The Holy Innocents. He is the only character in the story in touch with the land and its rhythms and mysteries. His love for a pet goshawk callously shot down by Ivan fuels the one genuine protest against the manipulations of the upper class. Rabal is reminiscent of Zorba the Greek - he is a robust individualist whose very presence on the estate in an offense to the effete, vain and emotionally bankrupt landowners.

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.

Spain, 1960's. People from a very poor family work in the country, at the service of a rich family of landowners...

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 17 January, 2022.