Finished the Spanish Civil War in April 1939, in November 1940, while Spain is being crushed by the ruthless boot of dictator Franco, Pepita travels from rural Córdoba to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia, who is seven months pregnant and imprisoned, haunted by the shadow of a death sentence.
as Hortensia
as Pepita
as Paulino
as Felipe
as Mercedes
as Sor Serafines
as La Zapatones
as Reme
as Elvira
as Sole
as Tomasa
as Conchita
as Doña Celia
as Amelia
as Don Fernando
as Doña Amparo
as La Legañosa
as La Topete
as Don Gonzalo
as Charo
as Doña María
as María Ferrer
as Prison Priest
as Doña Julia
as Bishop's Secretary
as Examining Magistrate
as Police Commissioner
as Prison Doctor
as Tenchi (voice)
as Juliana Carbonell