:21:02
They are found at nightfall in the hills...
:21:04
...as they return to their village.
:21:07
We found it very hard to film them.
:21:10
The realism of a painting by
Zurbaran or Ribera...
:21:13
...is nothing to reality itself.
:21:17
The degenaration of these people is caused mainly by hunger...
:21:22
...lack of hygiene, poverty and incest.
:21:25
The shortest person here is 28 years old.
:21:42
An older cretin.
:22:03
We were only able to film these virtual savages
with the help...
:22:07
...of a friend from Las Hurdes, who acted as intermediary.
:22:13
One day we saw a group of people in front of a doorway.
:22:17
A child has just died.
:22:22
The mother.
:22:36
A death is one of the rare events in these miserable villages.
:22:41
The women gather at the house of the deceased.
:22:47
It's hard to transport a corpse.
:22:50
Most villages don't have a cemetery.
:22:54
They have to take this child to the cemetery
in Nunomoral.
:22:58
We decided to follow.