The Holy Innocents
Drama
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.
VIBE
A stark, unvarnished portrayal of rural poverty and familial duty. It feels heavy, with a suffocating atmosphere that highlights the harsh realities of life and the crushing weight of social hierarchy. A deeply affecting, somber experience.
bleakoppressivesomberunflinchingslow-burngritty realismperiod dramaarthousepovertyfamilysacrificeclass struggle
spainbased on novel or booksacrificeservantpeasantrural areapovertyfamilyanimalland ownerwoman directorobedience1960s
