A dead sex worker becomes a town's miracle saint. Catholic guilt has never been this juicy.
Diego , the son of a prostitute stabs Maria , suddenly it begins to happen a number of miracles attributed to the intercession of the dead woman . Patients from all over town arrive to implore and consider her as a saint.
Acting
Antonio Ferrandis plays the sweating, compromised priest to perfection.
Production
Grimy Spanish provincial sets that reek of authenticity and dust.
Director
Roberto Fandiño
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Spain's late-Franco transition, the film weaponizes Catholic iconography against itself during a moment of national spiritual crisis. The church hated it.
Isela Vega, playing La Mulata, was already infamous for Sam Peckinpah's 'Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia'—her presence signals this isn't pious cinema.
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