Family of Pascual Duarte

Confined to a prison cell, thrice-murderer Pascual Duarte recounts his journey from a violent childhood to a life of pain and misfortune; juxtaposing tableaus of country poverty against scenes of bare brutality, Nobel laureate Camilo José Cela crafts a powerful meditation on cruelty and anomie. 

The Family of Pascual Duarte follows his upbringing in the poor Spanish province of Extremadura to his e...