Tristana (1970)

José Calvo: Campanero

Quotes 

• Tristana : I've never been in the bell tower... There's a lovely view outside. You're very lucky. You must feel very important up here, like you ruled the world.

  Campanero : No, you get used to it and don't even notice. And as for being important... not at all. We used to be important, but not now.

  Tristana : Why not?

  Campanero : In those days when there was a lot of religion, people timed things by the bells and they obeyed them. There was the dying knell, the death knell, the fire warning, the victory bells, the call to Mass, and the peel for devotions. People listened, they went to visit the dying, to bury the dead, or to get their firearms if there was an alert.

  Campanero : [sighs]  Times have changed. People are chasing after money, they don't listen. They even complain when we're ringing the bell for Mass, because they say we wake them.