''The Innocents'' () is a 1963 Argentine-Spanish drama film written and directed by

Juan Antonio Bardem Juan Antonio Bardem Muñoz (2 June 1922 – 30 October 2002) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter, born in Madrid. Bardem was best known for '' Muerte de un ciclista'' (1955) which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1955 Cannes Film Festiv ...

, starring

Alfredo Alcón Alfredo Félix Alcón (; 3 March 1930 – 11 April 2014) was an Argentine theatre and film actor born in Buenos Aires. Widely regarded as one of the best and most important Argentine actors of the 20th century. He worked in more than 50 movies s ...

and

Paloma Valdés María Josefa Paloma Filgueira y Rubio (born 1943), better known as Paloma Valdés, is a retired Spanish film and television actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a produ ...

. It was entered into the

13th Berlin International Film Festival The 13th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1963. The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to '' To Bed or Not to Bed'' directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro and '' Bushido, Samurai Saga'' directed by Tadashi Imai. ...

. Set mostly in the Argentine city of

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Argentine Sea, Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón Partido, General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires ...

, it tells the story of an innocent and sincere young woman from a rich background falling in love with an older bereaved man who her family will never accept.

Plot

The life of Bruno, a bank employee aged 29, is overturned when his wife is found dead alongside the driver of a wrecked car, one of the Ezzquellia brothers who are major industrialists. Having no idea she was unfaithful, Bruno is further upset when a large cheque arrives from the surviving brothers. Refusing to accept it and keep silent, he walks to the Errezquin mansion but the only person who will see him is the dead man's daughter. This is Elena, aged 17, who shares his disgust at her father's behaviour and feels for his loss. She meets him often to talk about his dead wife and shows her affection for him. Though they become secret lovers, he does not believe the relationship can last and takes a job in another city, where she tracks him down and persuades him to promise marriage. This mobilises the Errezquin, who warn Bruno that they will never consent and they get his job moved to a faraway city. When Elena tracks him down at the railway station where his train is waiting, he rings the Errezquin, who get the police to arrest her as a runaway minor in moral danger.

Cast

as Bruno Santrori *

as Elena Errazquin *

Enrique Fava Enrique Fava (1920 – 13 June 1994) was an Argentine actor. He appeared in 32 films and television shows between 1948 and 1986. He starred in the film '' Los dioses ajenos'', which was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival ...

as Ignazio Fuentes * Zelmar Gueñol as Leiva Fuentes * Lía Casanova as Natalia Errazquin *

Eduardo Muñoz Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Dudu (footballer, born 1992) (Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues), Brazilian footballer * Eduardo (footballer, born 1 ...

as Dionisio Errazquin

References

External links

* 1963 films 1960s Spanish-language films 1963 drama films Argentine black-and-white films Spanish black-and-white films Films directed by Juan Antonio Bardem 1960s Argentine films 1960s Spanish films {{1960s-Spain-film-stub