Flower of Holiness (1973)

9.0/10 • 119 min • Drama

Overview

A beautiful teenage shepherdess named Adega sleeps one night with a mysterious pilgrim in a barn of impoverished and superstitious Galicia of the nineteenth century. The overwhelming fanaticism of the villagers motivates them to consider the outsider an envoy of Satan, reason why they deny him the lodging. The pilgrim, on the other hand, will react by cursing the people with plague and misery.

Cast

Ismael Merlo

Electus, el ciego

Antonio Casas

Arcipreste

Gerardo Malla

Don Jaime

Juan Jesús Valverde

Provisor

Eliana De Santis

Adega

Adela Escartín

Ventera

Amparo Climent

Vecina

Francisco Melgares

Soldado Joven

Antonio Iranzo

Soldado veterano

Félix Dafauce

Molinero

Francisco Casares

Clérigo de Aldea

Charo Soriano

Sabela, la Galana

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