Flower of Holiness

Flower of Holiness

119 mins | Drama | March 25, 1973

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.

Flower of Holiness

119 mins | Drama | March 25, 1973

Flower of Holiness
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.
Producers Azor Films, Avenir Films
Original title Flor de santidad
Directors Adolfo Marsillach
Writers Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Pedro Carvajal, Adolfo Marsillach

Cast

José Enrique Camacho

as Oficial Menor

Ismael Merlo

as Electus, el ciego

Antonio Casas

as Arcipreste

Gerardo Malla

as Don Jaime

Juan Jesús Valverde

as Provisor

Eliana De Santis

as Adega

Adela Escartín

as Ventera

Amparo Climent

as Vecina

Francisco Melgares

as Soldado Joven

Antonio Iranzo

as Soldado veterano

Félix Dafauce

as Molinero

Mari Paz Ballesteros

as Hija del molinero

Vicente Cuesta

as Hijo Ventera

Francisco Casares

as Clérigo de Aldea

Antonio Cintado

as Oficial Mayor

Charo Soriano

as Sabela, la Galana

Jaime Payás

as Sargento

Alfredo Velasco

as Zagal

María Bassó

as Juana del Bretal

José Vivó

as Cardenal

Adriano Domínguez

as General

Elsa Zabala

as Vieja Mediera

María Francés

as Dueña

Tina Sainz

as Rosalva

Andrés Mejuto

as Hidalgo

Teresa del Río

as Señora del pazo

Adolfo Marsillach

as Conde de Añobre

Pilar Climent

as Doncella

Roberto Daniel

as Criado Viejo

Gonzalo Tejel

as Hombre Gordo 1

Anna Frigola

as Endemoniada

Salvador Casado

as Sacristán

Juan Margallo

as Chamarilero (uncredited)

José Riesgo

as Tío José (uncredited)