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The Holy Innocents (Los santos inocentes) (1984)

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Meant to reflect the harsh realities of segments of society in 1960s, Franco-era Spain, this slow-moving, drawn-out story is about a struggling, impoverished family who work on the estate of a wealthy aristocrat. Paco (Alfredo Landa) is the head of his small family who constantly tries to placate his irascible overlords and also teaches them how to hunt birds. His wife Régula (Terele Pávez) is as subservient as Paco. The family is rounded out by a mute, crippled daughter, a son away at military

PG, 1 hr. 48 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Mario Camus

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Los Santos Inocentes (Mario Camus, 1984) I'm pretty sick of people just having Amenábar, Almodóvar and Buńuel as the "masters of spanish cinema". That is just so darned wrong. Not only all these are overrated (Amenábar is not that bad, though), they eclipse many other brilliant directors: Berlanga, Bardem, Saura,

October 2, 2004
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Foreign Titles

  • Los santos innocentes (DE)
  • Los santos inocentes (ES)
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