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The Holy Innocents

  • April 4, 1984
  • 107 min.
  • Drama
  • Spain
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.

Original title: Los santos inocentes

1

nomination

100%

winning rate

1

win

Cannes Film Festival #37 - 1984

Award People Status
Best Actor in a Leading Role [Main Competition] Alfredo Landa, Francisco Rabal Winner

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