Jaime insists that he is no longer scared of Jacinto, and will kill him if he returns. A terrified Jaime then ran into the courtyard, only to have the bomb land several feet from him moments later. A panicked Jacinto then tied stones to Santi before sinking his body in the cistern. In anger, Jacinto shoved Santi against a stone wall, giving him a severe head injury and sending him into shock. Jaime managed to escape, but Jacinto cornered Santi and attempted to threaten him into keeping silent. The following night, Jaime reveals to Carlos the details of Santi's disappearance: Jaime and Santi had been collecting slugs at the cistern, when they spotted Jacinto attempting to open the safe where the gold was kept. Casares decides to remain in the charred orphanage with the surviving children, arming himself for Jacinto's return. Casares finds a mortally wounded Carmen inside the building, and tearfully stays with her as she dies. Carmen and fellow teacher Alma attempt to put out the fire, but fail to prevent an explosion Alma is killed by the blast, as are several of the children. She shoots him in the arm after he mocks her, causing a furious Jacinto to start a fire before fleeing the building. Enraged, Casares points a gun at Jacinto and forces him to leave.Īs the orphans and faculty prepare to leave, Conchita discovers Jacinto pouring gasoline around the kitchen. Jacinto overhears the conversation and confronts Carmen, demanding the stash of gold and crassly bringing up their affair in front of Casares. Fearing Ayala will soon be tortured into revealing the gold’s location at the orphanage, he convinces Carmen that they must evacuate the children immediately. Later, after flipping through Jaime's sketchbook, Carlos finds a drawing of a ghostly figure labeled "Santi", leading him to suspect that Jaime knows more than the other boys.Ĭasares sees that Ayala has been captured by the nationalists. He sneaks out, and encounters a pale figure of a young boy with a bleeding wound on his head, which causes him to run back into the building. That night, the boys hear strange noises and Carlos decides to investigate. Jacinto knows of the gold hidden at the orphanage, and uses his affair with Carmen as an opportunity to take her keys and search for the treasure. This, as well as Carlos saving Jaime from falling in a cistern, earns him Jaime's friendship. The next morning, Casares asks who snuck out after curfew but Carlos claims he went alone. Carlos hears a whisper telling him that "many of you will die." Frightened, Carlos rushes outside, but is caught by Jacinto. The boys reach the kitchen, but Jaime sneaks back to the dormitory, leaving Carlos alone. On his first night at the orphanage, Carlos is dared by Jaime to sneak to the kitchen for water after curfew.
However, Carlos soon begins having visions of a mysterious entity, and hears stories about a child named Santi who went missing on the day the bomb was dropped in the courtyard. Casares and Carmen take Carlos in, and he soon strikes up a friendship with Jaime, the orphanage bully, as well as Galvez and Owl. One day, an orphan named Carlos arrives with Ayala and Domínguez, two loyalists. Casares and Carmen support the Republican loyalists, and are hiding a large cache of gold being used to back the Republican treasury the orphanage has also been subject to attacks from Francisco Franco's troops, and an inert bomb sits in the courtyard. Helping the couple are Jacinto, the groundskeeper, and his fiancée Conchita, a teacher. It was released to positive reviews.Ĭasares, a doctor, and his friend's wife Carmen operate a small orphanage in a remote part of Spain during the Spanish Civil War. The film is set in Spain, 1939, during the final year of the Spanish Civil War.
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