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.
Cast
Inma Cuesta
Hortensia
María León
Pepita
Marc Clotet
Paulino
Daniel Holguín
Felipe
Ana Wagener
Mercedes
Susi Sánchez
Sor Serafines
Berta Ojea
La Zapatones
Lola Casamayor
Reme
Ángela Cremonte
Elvira
Amparo Vega-León
Sole
Charo Zapardiel
Tomasa
Arantxa Aranguren
Conchita
Teresa Calo
Doña Celia
Begoña Maestre
Amelia
Jesús Noguero
Don Fernando
Miryam Gallego
Doña Amparo
Adelfa Calvo
La Legañosa
Amaia Lizarralde
La Topete
Lluís Marco
Don Gonzalo
Teresa Arbolí
Charo
Blanca Apilánez
Doña María
Eloísa Vargas
María Ferrer
Fermí Reixach
Prison Priest
María Garralón
Doña Julia
Javier Godino
Bishop's Secretary
Antonio Dechent
Examining Magistrate
Emilio Linder
Police Commissioner
Yiyo Alonso
Prison Doctor
Gemma Giménez
Tenchi (voice)
Amparo Marín
Juliana Carbonell
Crew
Benito Zambrano
Director, Writer
Ignacio del Moral
Writer
Carmen López Areal
Co-Writer
Dulce Chacón
Novel
Fernando Pardo
Editor
Álex Catalán
Director of Photography
Antonio P. Pérez
Producer
Ernesto Chao
Associate Producer
Jorge Mira
Sound Editor, Sound Mixer
David Mantecón
Sound Editor
Javier Losantos
Sound Mixer
Álvaro Silva Wuth
Sound Recordist
Magda Rosa Galván
Original Music Composer
Juan Antonio Leyva
Original Music Composer
Javier Fernández
Art Direction
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