Movie

The Holy Innocents

1984 · 107 min

A slow, suffocating immersion in rural poverty and humiliation that builds quiet fury toward a stark, inevitable reckoning.

Overview: In 60s Extremadura, Paco el Bajo and his relatives work during day in a farmhouse, and silently suffer submission to their masters, who exploit them and treat them almost like animals. Meanwhile, Paco dreams that one day his children will be able to study.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Class, power, politics, family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
power
politics
family
justice
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild