Nuns + bulls + bankruptcy = the most unhinged fundraiser in Spanish cinema history.
San Ginés de la Sierra is a small village lost in the mountains in southern Spain. It is known throughout the region for two peculiar characteristics: its "persistent" drought and a "Home of the Vanquished". This "home" is an institution that houses some twenty old people, to whose care are eleven nuns and crosses a distressing economic situation. The nuns are desperately seeking a solution and decide to hold a charity bulls run.
Acting
Fernando Fernán Gómez anchors the madness with weary gravitas.
Direction
Forqué balances social critique with genuinely bonkers set pieces.
Practical Effects
Real bullfighters cameo in the most dangerous charity event ever staged.
Director
José María Forqué
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Francisco Rodríguez 'Juncal'
Amparo Soler Leal
Sor María
Nuria Torray
Sor Leocadia
María José Alfonso
Sor Matilde
Antonio Ordóñez
Antonio Ordóñez
Antonio Bienvenida
Antonio Bienvenida
Irene Gutiérrez Caba
Sor Ignacia
Alicia Hermida
Sor Consolación de los Afligidos
Rafaela Aparicio
Sor Inmaculada
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Antonio Ordóñez and Antonio Bienvenida weren't actors—they were legendary real-life bullfighters playing themselves, lending documentary authenticity to the fictional chaos.
The film satirizes Franco's Spain by showing religious institutions reduced to spectacle and charity, a subtle jab at hollow Catholic nationalism.
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