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* AcceptableTargets: In-universe. Gregorio and León are acceptable targets to the landlords because they are leftists (the movie doesn't get in detail but they were rumored to be Anarchists in RealLife), and they are acceptable targets to the Tresjuncos villagers because [[SmallTownRivalry they are from the town over]], La Osa de la Vega. After a while, they become acceptable targets to everyone [[YouCantWin because they are believed guilty]].
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* CourtroomAntics: Gregorio's lawyer tries to defend his innocence by reminding the tribunal that they NeverFoundTheBody and that Grimaldos had talked of migrating to Brazil. After León's lawyer convinces him that it is best to claim guilt with diminished responsibility, they claim that their clients were drunk when the murder happened and that Grimaldos provoked them by throwing a chair at them when he lost a card game. The jury is not impressed and denies any mitigating circumstance.
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* UnconventionalCourtroomTactics: Gregorio's lawyer tries to defend his innocence by reminding the tribunal that they NeverFoundTheBody and that Grimaldos had talked of migrating to Brazil. After León's lawyer convinces him that it is best to claim guilt with diminished responsibility, they claim that their clients were drunk when the murder happened and that Grimaldos provoked them by throwing a chair at them when he lost a card game. The jury is not impressed and denies any mitigating circumstance.
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''The Cuenca Crime'' (original title: ''El Crimen de Cuenca'') is a classic 1979 Spanish [[CrimeAndPunishmentTropes Crime And Punishment]] film with a twist: There is [[{{Understatement}} a lot]] of punishment, but the crime [[MiscarriageOfJustice is not a crime at all]].
The film is [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the Real-Life]] "[[BadCopIncompetentCop investigation]]" of the 1910 disappearance of [[TheFool simple]] shepherd José María Grimaldos a.k.a. ''El Cepa'' ("The Stump") in a small village of Cuenca province. When a [[AristocratsAreEvil dying landowner]] accusses his two employees, Gregorio and León, of murdering Grimaldos, the newly appointed HangingJudge, Isasa, takes upon himself to make them confess by all means possible. By this we mean [[TorturePorn the most horrifically graphic]] ColdBloodedTorture. During their ordeal, Gregorio and León are broken both in body and spirit, lose everything, and are compelled to confess in order to avoid the death penalty, all while believing that their [[HeterosexualLifePartners once best friend]] roped them into paying for a crime they didn't commit.
Considering its production and intended release in 1979, shortly after the end of the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrancoRegime the Franco dictatorship]], and its onscreen gore, nudity and villainous portrayal of judges, conservatives, landlords, priests and civil guards, the movie was guaranteed to run into trouble. It sat ''specially'' bad with then sitting Minister of Culture Ricardo de la Cierva, a holdover of the dictatorship who, in a case of LifeImitatesArt [[ArtImitatesLife Imitates Life]], ordered the film pulled and its director, Pilar Miró to be judged [[DisproportionateRetribution by a military tribunal]] for slandering the Civil Guard, the only time this happened in post-Francoist Spain. However, the case was thrown before trial after it was ruled that no crime was possible due to all film censorship having been abolished in Spain in 1977.
The film hit Spanish theatres at last in 1981. Despite its [[ScrewedByTheNetwork limited August release]] and an 'S' rating (equivalent to the American 'R'), it [[SleeperHit absolutely broke the national box office]], helped by a great dose of the StreisandEffect. It also established Miró as a film director, as she had almost exclusively worked in television before.
The film is [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the Real-Life]] "[[BadCopIncompetentCop investigation]]" of the 1910 disappearance of [[TheFool simple]] shepherd José María Grimaldos a.k.a. ''El Cepa'' ("The Stump") in a small village of Cuenca province. When a [[AristocratsAreEvil dying landowner]] accusses his two employees, Gregorio and León, of murdering Grimaldos, the newly appointed HangingJudge, Isasa, takes upon himself to make them confess by all means possible. By this we mean [[TorturePorn the most horrifically graphic]] ColdBloodedTorture. During their ordeal, Gregorio and León are broken both in body and spirit, lose everything, and are compelled to confess in order to avoid the death penalty, all while believing that their [[HeterosexualLifePartners once best friend]] roped them into paying for a crime they didn't commit.
Considering its production and intended release in 1979, shortly after the end of the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrancoRegime the Franco dictatorship]], and its onscreen gore, nudity and villainous portrayal of judges, conservatives, landlords, priests and civil guards, the movie was guaranteed to run into trouble. It sat ''specially'' bad with then sitting Minister of Culture Ricardo de la Cierva, a holdover of the dictatorship who, in a case of LifeImitatesArt [[ArtImitatesLife Imitates Life]], ordered the film pulled and its director, Pilar Miró to be judged [[DisproportionateRetribution by a military tribunal]] for slandering the Civil Guard, the only time this happened in post-Francoist Spain. However, the case was thrown before trial after it was ruled that no crime was possible due to all film censorship having been abolished in Spain in 1977.
The film hit Spanish theatres at last in 1981. Despite its [[ScrewedByTheNetwork limited August release]] and an 'S' rating (equivalent to the American 'R'), it [[SleeperHit absolutely broke the national box office]], helped by a great dose of the StreisandEffect. It also established Miró as a film director, as she had almost exclusively worked in television before.
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''The Cuenca Crime'' (original title: ''El Crimen de Cuenca'') is a classic 1979 Spanish [[CrimeAndPunishmentTropes Crime And Punishment]] film with a twist: There is [[{{Understatement}} a lot]] lot of punishment, but the crime [[MiscarriageOfJustice is not a crime at all]].
The film is [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the Real-Life]] "[[BadCopIncompetentCop investigation]]" of the 1910 disappearance of[[TheFool simple]] simple shepherd José María Grimaldos a.k.a. ''El Cepa'' ("The Stump") in a small village of Cuenca province. When a [[AristocratsAreEvil dying landowner]] landowner accusses his two employees, Gregorio and León, of murdering Grimaldos, the newly appointed HangingJudge, Isasa, takes upon himself to make them confess by all means possible. By this we mean [[TorturePorn the most horrifically graphic]] graphic ColdBloodedTorture. During their ordeal, Gregorio and León are broken both in body and spirit, lose everything, and are compelled to confess in order to avoid the death penalty, all while believing that their [[HeterosexualLifePartners once best friend]] friend roped them into paying for a crime they didn't commit.
Considering its production and intended release in 1979, shortly after the end of the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrancoRegime the Franco dictatorship]], and its onscreen gore, nudity and villainous portrayal of judges, conservatives, landlords, priests and civil guards, the movie was guaranteed to run into trouble. It sat ''specially'' bad with then sitting Minister of Culture Ricardo de la Cierva, a holdover of the dictatorship who, in a case of LifeImitatesArt [[ArtImitatesLife Imitates Life]], ordered the film pulled and its director, Pilar Miró to bejudged tried [[DisproportionateRetribution by a military tribunal]] for slandering the Civil Guard, the only time this happened in post-Francoist Spain. However, the case was thrown before trial after when it was ruled that no crime was possible due to all film censorship having been abolished in Spain in 1977.
The film hit Spanish theatres at last in 1981. Despite its[[ScrewedByTheNetwork limited August release]] release and an 'S' rating (equivalent to the American 'R'), it [[SleeperHit absolutely broke the national box office]], office helped by a great dose of the StreisandEffect. It also established Miró as a film director, as she had almost exclusively worked in television before.
The film is [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the Real-Life]] "[[BadCopIncompetentCop investigation]]" of the 1910 disappearance of
Considering its production and intended release in 1979, shortly after the end of the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrancoRegime the Franco dictatorship]], and its onscreen gore, nudity and villainous portrayal of judges, conservatives, landlords, priests and civil guards, the movie was guaranteed to run into trouble. It sat ''specially'' bad with then sitting Minister of Culture Ricardo de la Cierva, a holdover of the dictatorship who, in a case of LifeImitatesArt [[ArtImitatesLife Imitates Life]], ordered the film pulled and its director, Pilar Miró to be
The film hit Spanish theatres at last in 1981. Despite its
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* CrimeReconstruction: A staple of murder investigations in Spain today, so it is not surprising to see it here. Gregorio and León fail to reconstruct the crime because they have no idea of how it happened.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: After Taboada leaves the room, the guard supposed to carry on with Gregorio's torture is so sickened by it all that he tells Gregorio to scream while he belts the wall. He still begs Gregorio to confess and does not give him water in spite of his dehydratation, however.
* TorturePorn: Although the movie wants you to feel horrified by it.
* TorturePorn: Although the movie wants you to feel horrified by it.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: After Taboada leaves the room, the guard supposed to carry on with Gregorio's torture is so sickened by it all that he tells Gregorio to scream while he belts the wall. He still begs Gregorio to confess and does not give him water in spite of his dehydratation, dehydration, however.
* TorturePorn:Although the The movie wants you is often accussed of this, despite obviously wanting the audience to feel horrified by it.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: ''El Cepa'''s unnamed fiancée. Thank God the children took after their mother.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: ''El Cepa'''s Cepa'' and his unnamed fiancée. Thank God the children took after their mother.
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* {{Malaproper}}: ''El Cepa'''s has the less educated speech of all characters and confuses his words. As in RealLife, his explanation for what happened is that he had a "''barrunto''" (or "''barruntá''", which means nothing) and he left. "''Barrunto''" is an old Spanish word for a suspicion or premonition, but it seems he rather means "impulsive behavior".
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* {{Malaproper}}: ''El Cepa'''s Cepa'' has the less least educated speech of all characters and confuses his words. As in RealLife, his explanation for what happened is that he had a "''barrunto''" (or "''barruntá''", which means nothing) and he left. "''Barrunto''" is an old Spanish word for a suspicion or premonition, but he uses it seems he rather means to mean "impulsive behavior".
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ZPAR cleanup: should be for authority figures. Could they be Hated By All? Thinking one is guilty is a bit different from dislike.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Everybody believes Gregorio and León are guilty. This includes Gregorio's family and one another, as they come to the conclusion that the other murdered ''El Cepa'' and is dragging the other to Hell for no reason. At the trial, all witnesses for the defense refuse to appear in court, but all for the prosecution do.
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