The plot is set in 19th-century Madrid.[2] Upon the return of enriched Agustín from the Americas to Spain, young maid Amparo, working for the Bringas and in a relationship with priest Pedro Polo, is courted by Agustín.
Distributed by Atlántida, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 2 September 1974.[7][8]
The film became Olea's most successful film and was the highest-grossing Spanish film of the year with a gross of 75 million pesetas.[9][10] By the end of 1975, it was the seventh highest-grossing Spanish film of all time with a gross of 106 million pesetas from 1.7 million admissions.[11] By 1987, it had over 2 million admissions and a gross of 120.6 million,[1]
The film's critical reception was also positive.[9]
^Faulkner, Sally (2016). "Rehearsing for democracy in dictatorship Spain: middlebrow period drama 1970–77". In Faulkner, Sally (ed.). Middlebrow Cinema. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN978-1-138-77712-5.