--- title: 'Furrows (1951)' type: 'film' director: 'José Antonio Nieves Conde' released: '1951-10-26' runtime_minutes: 100 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Spain' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/furrows-1951' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044092/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Furrows (1951) 1951 · 100 min · Drama · Spain Original title: Surcos ## Synopsis Furrows is a 1951 Spanish film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde, and written by him in collaboration with Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Eugenio Montes, and Natividad Zaro. It provides an unsettling portrait of post-War Madrid while dictator Francisco Franco was in power. The plot follows the struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the countryside to Madrid circa 1950. Facing difficulties in finding housing and employment, several family members turn to illegal or immoral activities in order to make ends meet, and the traditional family structure disintegrates. ## Credits - **Director:** [José Antonio Nieves Conde](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-antonio-nieves-conde) - **Screenplay:** [Gonzalo Torrente Ballester](https://cinepixo.com/people/gonzalo-torrente-ballester) - **Original Music Composer:** [Jesús García Leoz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesus-garcia-leoz) - **Director of Photography:** [Sebastián Perera](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-perera) ## Cast - [Francisco Bernal](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-bernal) - [María Francés](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-frances) - [Luis Peña Illescas](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-pena-illescas) - [Montserrat Carulla](https://cinepixo.com/people/montserrat-carulla) - [Marisa de Leza](https://cinepixo.com/people/marisa-de-leza) - [José Villasante](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-villasante) - [José Guardiola](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-guardiola) - [María Asquerino](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-asquerino) - [José Prada](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-prada) - [Marujita Díaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/marujita-diaz) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/furrows-1951 Film facts: Wikidata (Q5509716); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.