What’s being screened
Cine Club L’Iber is showing «Los santos inocentes», the 1984 film directed by Mario Camus. Based on Miguel Delibes’ novel of the same name, it portrays life in rural 1960s Spain through the relationship between a peasant family and their landowners. The film, a classic of Spanish cinema, won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for Alfredo Landa and Francisco Rabal.
Who directed it
Mario Camus, one of Spain’s most renowned directors, adapted Delibes’ novel with a screenplay co-written by Antonio Larreta and Camus himself. The film is part of the New Spanish Cinema movement of the 1980s, known for its realistic and social approach.
