Award for Best Actor, Cannes 1984
Directed by: Mario Camus
Year of production: 1984
Country: Spain
Genre: drama
Length: 105 minutes
The picture tells the story of a peasant family from Estremadura who, as many others, lives under and is subjected to the landowning class ruling over them through the control of resources. The members of the family dream with the possibility of escaping poverty, of learning to read and write, to express themselves. Those are the means affording a forward tread. They dare to dream and later they will dare to try. But their life has been a continuous renouncing and obeying. Their fate has been preordained for many generations, and only something violent, entirely new and beyond the daily routine, will smash up the regular life to which they are condemned.
It was voted the third best Spanish film by professionals and critics in 1996 Spanish cinema centenary.
Mario CAMUS – Director
Mario CAMUS – Script / Dialogue
Antonio LARRETA – Script / Dialogue
Manuel MATJI – Script / Dialogue
Hans BURMANN – Cinematography
Anton GARCIA ABRIL – Music
Alfredo LANDA
Terele PAVEZ
Agata LYS
Maribel MARTIN
Agustin GONZALEZ
Juan DIEGO
Mary CARRILLO
Francisco RABAL