《侩子手》是西班牙写实主义大师贝尔兰加的巅峰之作，以辛辣的笔调描写了一个连苍蝇都不敢打的青年人，为生活所迫竟当上刽子手的故事。影片虽在如今的各大西班牙经典影片榜单上名列前茅，但由于推出时正处于弗朗哥黑暗时期，长时间没有得到人们的认可。

　　《侩子手》是西班牙写实主义大师贝尔兰加的巅峰之作，以辛辣的笔调描写了一个连苍蝇都不敢打的青年人，为生活所迫竟当上刽子手的故事。影片虽在如今的各大西班牙经典影片榜单上名列前茅，但由于推出时正处于弗朗哥黑暗时期，长时间没有得到人们的认可。

　　When the single middle-aged Luis travels from Barcelona to bury the remains of his mother in the vault of his family in Segovia, he is lodged by his aunt Pilar in her old house where he spent his summer of 1936 with her. He meets his cousin Angelica, who was his first love, living on the first floor with her husband and daughter, and he recalls his childhood in times of the Spanish Civil War entwined with the present.