---
title: 'The Holy Innocents (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mario Camus'
released: '1984-04-04'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-holy-innocents-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088040/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Holy Innocents (1984)

1984 · 105 min · Drama · Spain

Original title: Los santos inocentes

## Synopsis

The Holy Innocents 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mario Camus](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-camus)
- **Screenplay:** [Mario Camus](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-camus), [Miguel Delibes](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-delibes), [Antonio Larreta](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-larreta), [Manolo Matji](https://cinepixo.com/people/manolo-matji)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Antón García Abril](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-garcia-abril)
- **Producer:** [Julián Mateos](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-mateos)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hans Burmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-burmann)

## Cast

- [Terele Pávez](https://cinepixo.com/people/terele-pavez)
- [Maribel Martín](https://cinepixo.com/people/maribel-martin)
- [Francisco Rabal](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-rabal)
- [Alfredo Landa](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfredo-landa)
- [Mary Carrillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-carrillo)
- [Agustín González](https://cinepixo.com/people/agustin-gonzalez)
- [Ágata Lys](https://cinepixo.com/people/agata-lys)
- [Juan Diego](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-diego)
- [José Guardiola](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-guardiola)
- [Liberto Rabal](https://cinepixo.com/people/liberto-rabal)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-holy-innocents-1984
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1630061); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.