Film “Los Santos Inocentes” (Mario Camus, 1984)

Show & Culture

Screening of Los Santos Inocentes (The Holy Innocents), directed by Mario Camus in 1984 and adapted from the novel by Miguel Delibes. In rural Spain in the 1960s, a family of subservient peasants lives under the absolute authority of the owners of a large estate in Extremadura. Between resignation, poverty and a quest for human dignity, the film portrays the social inequalities of the period. Awarded a joint Best Actor prize for Alfredo Landa and Francisco Rabal at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, the film is regarded as one of the great masterpieces of Spanish cinema.