A priest, a soldier, and a pregnant woman walk into a war. Nobody's joking.
During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) a Republican detachment occupies a huge mansion near the front. One of the daughters of the owners of the house falls in love with a soldier, a young priest who seeks to keep hidden her condition.
Acting
Simón Andreu's tortured priest simmers with repressed chaos.
Production
The mansion breathes—claustrophobic corridors as character.
Director
León Klimovsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Klimovsky shot this during Franco's final years, smuggling anti-fascist subtext past censors through melodrama. The regime missed it entirely.
The 'chivas' (young goats) of the title refers to the daughters—livestock terminology for women that the film quietly weaponizes against its patriarchs.
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