La herida luminosa
1997 Spanish film
- 21 March 1997 (1997-03-21)
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The Wound of Light (Spanish: La herida luminosa) is a 1997 Spanish film directed by José Luis Garci and starring Fernando Guillén, Mercedes Sampietro and Julia Gutiérrez Caba. The plot is based on a novel by Josep Maria de Sagarra. It was previously filmed in 1956 in a production directed by Tulio Demicheli
Plot
Dr. Mills, a renowned cardiologist, and his wife Isabel have had marital problems for a long time. They live accompanied by their two maids in a provincial capital, during the oppressive Spain of the 1950s. Unexpectedly, Dr. Mills falls in love with Julia, a younger colleague. Given the refusal of Isabel to a separation, the doctor resorts to crime, which is made easier by his profession.
Cast
- Fernando Guillén – Doctor Molinos
- Mercedes Sampietro – Doña Isabel
- Julia Gutiérrez Caba – Sister Benedicta
- María Massip – Escolástica
- Beatriz Santana – Julia
- Neus Asensi – Jovita
- Cayetana Guillén Cuervo –Sister María
DVD release
La herida luminosa is available in Region 2 DVD in Spanish with English.
External links
- Sangre de mayo at IMDb
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Films directed by José Luis Garci
- Unfinished Business (1977)
- Solos en la madrugada (1978)
- Las verdes praderas (1979)
- El Crack (1981)
- Begin the Beguine (1982)
- El Crack II (1983)
- Sesión continua (1984)
- Course Completed (1987)
- Cradle Song (1994)
- La herida luminosa (1997)
- The Grandfather (1998)
- You're the One (2000)
- Story of a Kiss (2002)
- Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004)
- Ninette (2005)
- Sunday Light (2007)
- Blood in May (2008)
- Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)
- El Crack Cero (2019)
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