The Holy Innocents

Based On the book by Miguel Delibes

The Holy Innocents (Spanish: Los santos inocentes) is a 1984 Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus based on Miguel Delibes' novel of the same title which stars Alfredo Landa and Francisco Rabal. The plot explores the lives of landless labourers scraping by in an aristocratic estate in 1960s Extremadura. The film earned wide critical acclaim both in the domestic and the international front, also becoming the highest-grossing Spanish film in Spain at the time. In the 1984 edition of the Cannes Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Special Mention.

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Release date:

April 4, 1984

Director:

Mario Camus

Cast:

Francisco Rabal, Agustín González, Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez, Ágata Lys

Genre:

Drama

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Year page:

1984 in adaptations