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The Holy Innocents
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Title: The Holy Innocents

Release Date: 4 Apr 1984

Runtime: 1h 47m

Genre: Drama

Director: Ganesh Pictures, TVE, Televisión Española

Production Companies: Ganesh Pictures, TVE, Televisión Española

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7.8 (114 votes)

Cast

  • Paco, El Bajo: Alfredo Landa
  • Régula: Terele Pávez
  • Nieves: Belén Ballesteros
  • Quirce: Juan Sachez
  • La Niña Chica: Susana Sánchez
  • Azarías: Francisco Rabal
  • Doña Pura: Ágata Lys
  • Don Pedro: Agustín González
  • Señorito Iván: Juan Diego
  • Señora Marquesa: Mary Carrillo
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