
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.... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
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.
Leave your thoughts about The Holy Innocents.
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA memorable performance by Francisco Rabal. |
| User ReviewElsa Egreat spanish movie, good adaptation of Miguel Delives novel |
| User ReviewJulian DThe best spanish movie... My country 50 years ago |
| User ReviewPrivate UHard movie to better understand Spain society and politics. |
| User ReviewShelly lUna de mis peliculas favoritas , y la gente todavia cree que la edad media fue hace tiempo Ja . |
| User ReviewAna BAbsoluta obra de arte.Leer el libro y ver la pelicula es practicamente lo mismo,algo para mà inimaginable,quiero decir,por norma general,nunca una pelicula consigue estar a la altura del libro que proceda,es dificilÃsimo conseguirlo.¡Qué actores,madre mÃa...!Decir que están inmensos es insuficiente...Paco Rabal...qué ternura produce su amor por la "milana bonita"...,Juan Diego..cómo ha copiado del texto expresiones como -y perdonenme..-"mariconerÃas","coños"...de alucine...hasta Mari Carrillo como marquesa,haciendo un papel pequeño,está deslumbrante..y esa sorpresa qué fue para mÃ,-la primera vez que la vÃ- ver a Alfredo Landa en un papel dramático..y cómo lo borda...no puedo disimular mi absoluta adoración por esta pelicula...es la nº1 española para mÃ. |
| User ReviewGrace DExcelente pelicula de Camus, trizte y desgarradora, una de las mejores peliculas espa�±olas. Lo mejor es que la situacion que se refleja en esta pelicula se puede aplicar a otras culturas, el mundo fue asi, es asi, y seguira asi.... |
| User ReviewR.A. LDe las mejores peliculas españolas con un gran reparto que cuenta la realidad del campo Extremeño y Andaluz. No tiene desperdicio |
| User ReviewLuis Diego RMasterpiece of human struggle and class system. |
| User ReviewJuan Manuel AObra maestra de Mario Camus. Su mejor pelÃcula esta adaptación de una obra de Miguel Delibes. Ya anteriormente habÃa adaptado al nobel Cela con La Colmena. Desgarrador drama social en la España de los 60, la historia de unos miserables campesinos en manos de los caciques. Se dan la mano la opresión, la humillación, y toda una lección de realismo de Delibes captado por Camus. A veces resulta grotesca. No es una pelÃcula social que "destile" un mal llamado "compromiso polÃtico". Es una pelÃcula costumbrista que relata una vida que no podrÃa ser de otra manera. Magnificas interpretaciones de todo el cuadro de actores pero me quedo con dos, Juan Diego en el papel del señorito, Terele Pávez en el papel de Recula y Alfredo Landa..........Mario Camus's masterpiece. His best film is adapted from a play by Miguel Delibes. Previously he had adapted to the nobel Cela with "La Colmena". Wrenching social drama in Spain from the 60's, the story of a miserable farmers in the hands of caciques. They shake hands oppression, humiliation, and a lesson in realism Delibes captured by Camus. Sometimes it is grotesque. There isn't a social film "distilling" a so-called "political commitment". It's a film that tells a life manners could not be otherwise. Magnificent performances of the entire table of players but I'll take three, Juan Diego on the role of "señorito", Terele Pávez in the role of "Recula" and Alfredo Landa |