Told from the account of priest Mosén Millán, conducting a requiem mass, the plot tracks the life of Republican peasant Paco, killed by Fascists during the Spanish Civil War.[1][2]
There was controversy over the film title,[8] with National Cinematography Institute director Pilar Miró threatening to remove State backing for the Venice premiere should the español ('Spanish') bit be removed from the title, as TV3 managers suggested at some point.[9][10] The film premiered at the 42nd Venice International Film Festival in August 1985.[8] Distributed by Lauren Films, it was released theatrically in Spain on 17 September 1985.[6]
^Marcé García, Alba (2018). "Réquiem por un campesino español (Requiem for a Spanish Peasant) (1985)". In Jimenez Murguía, Salvador; Pinar, Alex (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 335. ISBN9781442271326.