A child is witness to an assault on a monk by the gang of Lorenzo the Fifth. The monk escapes and takes refuge in the estate of Doña Carlota, a countess who lives with her son Juan and daughter Beatriz. Basilisa, the maid, conjures the devil to free her son from an irreversible illness, but to do so the evil must be transmitted to an innocent soul, and for that she chooses Beatriz. The child begins to be the victim of a possession, for which everyone blames the monk.
Directed by Gonzalo Suárez
mother
based on novel or book
female homosexuality
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.1 / 5
Cast
Carmen Sevilla
Doña Carlota
Nadiuska
Basilisa
Jorge Rivero
Fray Ángel
José Sacristán
Máximo Bretal
Sandra Mozarowsky
Beatriz
José Lifante
Rata
Crew
Gonzalo Suárez
Director
Gonzalo Suárez
Screenplay
Carlos Suárez
Director of Photography
Ramón del Valle-Inclán
Story
José Luis Merino
Property Master
Popular Reviews
1 review
Nick
5.3★ · 05/15/25
very slow but goddamn that ending really gets you. enjoyed the themes and symbolism more than i did the content of this
light 6/10
very slow but goddamn that ending really gets you. enjoyed the themes and symbolism more than i did the content of this