Benito Pérez Galdós

Set at the turn of the century, The Grandfather tells the story of love, friendship, honor and betrayal within one powerful Spanish family spanning three generations. (Miramax Films)

Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.

When the young woman Tristana's mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope... (imdb)

Nazarin is a priest, attempting to living a pure and honest life strictly according to Christian principles - but others only show him distrust and hatred, apart from the local prostitute... (imdb)

When the Conde de Albrit's son dies, the old man reads in a letter written by his son that one of his beloved granddaughters don't belong to the Albrit stock. Since that infant is the result of the dissipated life of his daughter-in-love, from that moment on, Conde de Albrit only will have one aim. That's to find out which one of his granddaughters are real Albrit descendents and which are not.

After learning of the death of his son, don Rodrigo, a count who emigrated to America a long time ago, returns to Spain old and ruined. The one that once was his mansion now belongs to his ex-daughter-in-law Lucrecia. However, knowing that she committed adultery, the doubt that obsesses the old count is to find out which of her two granddaughters is the legitimate one. (imdb)