The Holy Innocents

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David C A masterpiece that starkly reflects the post-war life of the day laborers in southern Spain. The moral of the story is join a communist party. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/03/21 Full Review Audience Member La mejor película española que he visto. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Probably the worst Spanish-language movie I have ever seen. About a retarded dude and his love for birds. Had no idea what was going on most of the movie, could not empathize with the "impoverished sharecroppers" at all. Also, the soundtrack was incredibly annoying. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Obra maestra de Mario Camus. Su mejor película esta adaptación de una obra de Miguel Delibes. Ya anteriormente había 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 película social que "destile" un mal llamado "compromiso político". Es una película costumbrista que relata una vida que no podría 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 Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member "Los Santos Inocentes" (1984) 4/5 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Masterpiece of human struggle and class system. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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