The Shack

Release Date: 1979-11-16

Overview: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez wrote in 1898 "La barraca" (The Shack), a novel with some cultural significance among Spanish literature for reflecting rural life at the end of 19th century with specific local color. In 1979, León Klimovsky directed an adaptation in the form of a miniseries. The shack referred to in the title is a barraca, a typical building of the Valencian Community that served as housing for farmers in irrigated farming areas.

Rating: 6 / 10

Cast

Álvaro de Luna

as Batiste

Marisa de Leza

as Teresa

Victoria Abril

as Roseta

Juan Carlos Naya

as Tonet

Lola Herrera

as Pepeta