Isabel Jimenez is a teenager witnessing a horrible feud between her own family and the Fuentes family, a feud involving broken hearts, property disputes and a mysterious fire that destroyed the Fuentes house. Isabel's uncle is murdered by Jeronimo Fuentes, who later tries to stab her father. After Jeronimo dies in jail, Isabel must look outside of her family for the truth, learning from the village idiot that her father may have set fire to the Fuentes home.
Direction
Saura's haunting, ritualistic framing of violence
Cinematography
Parched landscapes that feel like another character
Acting
Victoria Abril's simmering, wounded matriarch
Director
Carlos Saura
Juan Diego
Antonio
José Luis Gómez
Emilio
José Garcia
José
Victoria Abril
Luciana
Yohana Cobo
Isabel
Eulalia Ramón
Carmen
Ramon Fontserè
Jerónimo
Carlos Hipólito
Tonto
Oriol Vila
Chino
Juan Sanz
Amadeo
Ana Wagener
Ángela
Elia Galera
Clara
Carlos Kaniowsky
Raúl
Antonio de la Torre
Cabo Guardia Civil
Joaquín Notario
Sargento Guardia Civil
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real events in Puerto Hurraco, Spain, where a 1990 feud left nine dead — Saura deliberately blurs fact and folklore.
The title refers to the day of rest in biblical creation, here twisted into the day vengeance finally arrives.
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