La casa de las Chivas (1972)
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Simón Andreu, Ricardo Merino, Charo Soriano, María Kosty, Antonio Casas
During the Spanish Civil War, two sisters running an inn near the front struggle to feed their family as soldiers occupy a nearby manor.
The story
In the summer of 1938, amid the Spanish Civil War, sisters Trini and Petra run an inn near the front and face the hardships of war. A unit of the Republic's Popular Army occupies a nearby manor house, while hunger threatens the sisters' family. The family's need to obtain food leads the women to give themselves to the soldiers in order to survive. Trini, the younger sister, falls in love with one of the soldiers, a young priest who is concealing his identity from the rest of the unit.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Summer 1938. In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, sisters Trini and Petra, who run an inn, endure the hardships of the war because of their proximity to the front. A unit of the Popular Army of the Republic occupies a nearby manor house. The hunger their family is suffering forces them to give themselves to the soldiers so they can obtain food and survive. Trini, the younger sister, falls in love with one of the soldiers, a young priest who intends to keep his identity hidden from the other soldiers.
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