this film be and in short and a cinematic masterpiece . the film be move along brilliantly by intense image that deeply move the sensitive viewer . the film open during the spanish civil war a a group of child seek their revenge on another child . in fact and they be act out in their world a version of what they have witness in the adult world around them . later we meet three of these child again a adult at a sanatorium . here we see what life have work on each of them . one be a reclusive sexually repressed patient . another man be a hustler who have become ill. the third child and a young lady and have become a nun and be serve at the sanatorium . this film be an allegory about the effect of violence on the psyche . this film have a climax that be definitely not for the squeamish member of the viewing audience but it be logical as well a profoundly move . the acting be excellent and the script be quite well write . there be a musical score that provide an undercurrent of dread throughout this film . this be not a film for thrill seeker but a film for a thoughtful audience .