The Cursed Village

Region of Castilla La Vieja, Spain, early 20th century. In Luján, a village ravaged by drought, Juan, a humble farmer who survives with his wife and son, confronts a local loan shark and is imprisoned as a result.

Cast

Carmen Viance

as Acacia

Pedro Larrañaga

as Juan de Castilla

Amelia Muñoz

as Magdalena

Pilar Torres

as Fuensantica

Ramón Meca

as Uncle Lucas

Víctor Pastor

as Grandfather Martín

Antonio Mata

as Peasant

Modesto Rivas

as Administrator

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