THE GIRL IN MOURNING

A ruthless criticism of the Roman Catholic Spain of Francoism viewed through the relationship of a young couple who are unable to marry due to the mourning periods of successive deaths of relatives. This second film by Manuel Summers following his hit Del rosa al amarillo confirmed him as one of the most promising directors of the 1960s and, unfortunately, is still very relevant nowadays in several countries around the world.

Rocío, daughter of a humble Andalusian family, is very happy because the end of her mourning for the death of her grandmother has come. She will finally be able to marry Rafael, her fiancé, as she had to postpone the wedding due to her grandmother’s death. But the next day, her grandfather eats too much at a christening and dies of indigestion. Once again, Rocío has to mourn and postpone the wedding…