Divinas Palabras (opera)
Divinas palabras may refer to: * ''Divinas palabras'' (1987 film), a 1987 Spanish film directed by José Luis García Sánchez * ''Divinas palabras'' (1977 film), a 1977 Mexican film directed by Juan Ibáñez {{disambiguation ...
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Divinas Palabras (1987 Film)
'' Divinas palabras '' (English: ''Divine Words'') is a 1987 Spanish film directed by José Luis García Sánchez. It stars Ana Belén, Francisco Rabal and Imanol Arias. The film is based upon the play by Ramón del Valle-Inclán. A Mexican adaptation was released in 1977 starring the Mexican actress Silvia Pinal and directed by Juan Ibáñez. Plot The setting of the film is the province of Galicia, circa, 1920, in the impoverished village of San Clemente. Since the Village has no priest, ecclesiastic authority falls to Pedro Gailo, the sacristan, who has a young beautiful wife Mari Gaila. Greedy for any money that comes their way and eager to leave San Clemente and her husband, Mari cares for a hydrocephalus-stricken child and uses him to beg for alms. The child becomes the source of their wealth. Comfortable in the joint guardianship of the child with her sister-in-law Marica, Mari Gaila, encouraged by another beggar woman nicknamed “la Tatula’, decides to go to various ...
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