Amparo Larrañaga

Based on the classic novel by Felipe Trigo. Pedro Jarrapellejos is a ladies man who cannot turn the heads of Isabel or her beautiful daughter. When both peasant women are found raped and murdered in a brutal scene, a schoolteacher is falsely accused. Pedro knows his own nephew and his friend participated in the killings, but he uses his considerable influence over the police and courts to intimidate the witnesses into silence.

In this latest Spanish-language remake of Gregorio Martinez Sierra's classic sentimental drama, a group of nuns finds an abandoned baby girl at the doorstep of their convent. (imdb)