La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea

La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea

1973 · 106 min · ★ 8.5 · Drama

Directed by Mario Camus · Written by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 33m together

La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea

The Holy Innocents

Both from Mario Camus.

More from Mario CamusSee all →

The Holy InnocentsThe Holy Innocents · 1984
The Holy Innocents
★ 7.81984
MovieDrama
In 60s Extremadura, Paco el Bajo and his relatives work during day in a farmhouse, and silently suffer submission to their masters, who exploit them and treat them almost like animals. Meanwhile, Paco dreams that one day his children will be able to study.
Curro JiménezCurro Jiménez · 1976
Curro Jiménez
★ 7.31976
SeriesAction & AdventureComedy
Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro Jiménez
La vuelta del CoyoteLa vuelta del Coyote · 1998
La vuelta del Coyote
★ 7.01998
MovieDramaWestern
In the mid-19th century, California, a Mexican territory, became part of the United States. Faced with the possibility of being dispossessed of his land by the new authorities, Don César de Echagüe, a Spanish nobleman, asks his son César, a capricious and insufferable fop, for help.
La visita que no tocó el timbreLa visita que no tocó el timbre · 1966
La visita que no tocó el timbre
★ 7.01966
MovieComedy
Two unmarried siblings live together without problems until the day a friend leaves her baby in their apartment because she does not have time to take care of him.
The House of Bernarda AlbaThe House of Bernarda Alba · 1987
The House of Bernarda Alba
★ 7.01987
MovieDrama
After the death of her husband Bernarda Alba puts her daughters under a rigurous mourning which does not even allow them to leave the house.
Los desastres de la guerraLos desastres de la guerra · 1983
Los desastres de la guerra
★ 7.01983
SeriesDramaWar & Politics
The painter Francisco de Goya is witness to the disasters and horrors caused by the bloody resistance of the Spanish people to the French occupation during the Napoleonic wars.
Fortunata and JacintaFortunata and Jacinta · 1980
Fortunata and Jacinta
★ 6.71980
SeriesDrama
The aristocrat Juan de Santa Cruz meets Fortunata, a girl of humble origins, and a passionate love arises between them; but his mother decides to marry him to her niece Jacinta.
Los farsantesLos farsantes · 1963
Los farsantes
★ 6.61963
MovieDrama
RomaRoma · 2004
Roma
★ 6.52004
MovieDramaHistory
Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.
Los días del pasadoLos días del pasado · 1977
Los días del pasado
★ 6.51977
MovieDrama
A woman arrives in town to work as a teacher. It is the time of the 'maquis', the anti-Franco guerrilla that fights with little hope in some regions of Spain just after the end of the civil war. She has a love affair with one of the guerrillas, but their relationship will have an impossible future because of the past.
Al ponerse el solAl ponerse el sol · 1967
Al ponerse el sol
★ 6.51967
MovieDramaComedy
A famous singer and actor is at the peak of his career but fatigue, stress and harassment of the media makes feel unbalanced. His star began to fall rapidly and so goes into a clinic to cure his pain. Coming out, away from his audience, will spend some time at a house that is in the North, to the seashore. There he feels haunted by the story of characters who have lived in a nearby house, in one of which identifies his former secretary.
Los camionerosLos camioneros · 1973
Los camioneros
★ 6.51973
SeriesComedyDrama
The BeehiveThe Beehive · 1982
The Beehive
★ 6.41982
MovieComedyDrama
As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.
The DelinquentsThe Delinquents · 1960
The Delinquents
★ 6.41960
MovieDrama
A group of friends who are struggling to survive in the slums of Madrid commit petty crime in order to finance the debut as a bullfighter of one of them.
La Forja de un RebeldeLa Forja de un Rebelde · 1990
La Forja de un Rebelde
★ 6.41990
SeriesDramaWar & Politics
An autobiographical account that is also the history of Spain during the dark years of the first half of the twentieth century. Spanish writer Arturo Barea (1897-1957) narrates his childhood in Madrid, his harsh experiences in Morocco during the Rif War and his political commitment to the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War.
The Color of the CloudsThe Color of the Clouds · 1997
The Color of the Clouds
★ 6.31997
MovieDramaComedy
Clementina befriends Lola’s nerdy lawyer, Valerio, and slowly a romance develops between them. Meanwhile, old fisherman and model-maker Colo has found a consignment of drugs floating in the sea and tries to get rid of them to raise money to save Lola’s house. The adventure element of pic is in a smuggling gang’s attempt to recover the drugs.

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter