Classic and successful Mexican film with emotion, sensitive drama and family tragedy . La barraca, is a hit Mexican movie well directed by Roberto Gavalaldón , dealing with countrymen working at the Valencian Albufera and displaying a nice cast , such as : Domingo Soler as Batiste , Anita Blanch as Teresa, Amparo Morillo as Roseta , José Baviera, Luana Alcañiz as Pepeta, Manolo Fábregas as Tonet , Narciso Busquets as Batistet in the main roles . The book and film takes place in Valencia in the 19th century . It accurately describes the harsh living conditions of the peasant and agricultural population. Uncle Barret is unable to continue working the orchard that his ancestors had cultivated for generations as he cannot pay the rent to the owner of the land, D. Salvador . As a consequence, all the residents of the village, with Pepeta (Luana Alcañiz) and Pimentó (José Baviera) at the head, conspire to prevent anyone from working on that plot again. Until Batiste (Domingo Soler) and his family arrive , his wife Teresa (Anita Blanch) and their children Roseta (Amparo Morillo) , Batistet and Pasqualet, plus two little ones whose names are not mentioned who, driven by necessity, settle on the farm and agree to cultivate the abandoned farm in exchange. Two-year grace period in the payment of the corresponding lease. From that moment on, they will be indefatigably harassed by the rest of the community, who accused them of bowing to the landowner's demands, thus harming the interests of the group. The harassment reaches its climax when the young children of the Batiste family have a confrontation with other children of the village, as a result of which little Pasqualet dies . A feeling of guilt and compassion pervades the community.
Intense family drama about unfortunate and desperate people who fight for life with a tragic finale . Based on a novel by the Spanish Vicente Blasco Ibañez whose books have been adapted several times on big and small screen , such as : ¨Blood and sand¨ , ¨The temptress¨ , ¨Cañas y Barro¨ and ¨Mare Nostrum¨ , among others . The film is set in rural Spain, where new family arrives from town to work a parcel (barraca), but the townsfolk are very hostile to the idea of "another" working the land that once belonged to one of them. Decent interpretations from main starring , Domingo Soler as the rigid , proud father full of valour , Anita Blanch as his faithful and good wife , José Morcillo as teacher don Joaquin and José Baviera as the stubborn Pimentó who will stop at nothing to get his purports . This stunning rural drama was well made by Roberto Gavaldón . This is the first version of the notorious novel by Vicente Blasco Ibañez , there's another version , a Spanish TV series in nine episodes : La barraca (1979) , professionally directed by Leon Klimovsky in his own personal style with Álvaro de Luna, Marisa de Leza, Victoria Abril, Lola Herrera y Luis Suárez, , Eduardo Fajardo as Tío Barret , Fernando Hilbeck , Juan Carlos Naya and brief appearances from Eduardo Calvo, Terele Pávez , Adrián Ortega , Gabriel Llopart, Miguel Ayones, Alfredo Alba, José Riesgo , Rafael Vaquero, and José Canalejas.
