El Judas

Antonio Vilar plays Mariano Torné, a man who plays the role of Judas in Esparraguera passion play. Vilar plays nicely his part of an embittered, bad man who cheats even his own family until playing the role of Jesus changes his character for good. At the same time this story takes place we follow the development of the Passion performances. The movie was filmed in Catalonia village Esparraguera, famous for its Easter Passion performances, where the roles usually pass from parents to children from generation to generation. Some typical Catalan songs can be heard in the soundtrack, a rare thing considering Catalan language was forbidden in those days.