''The Wound of Light'' ('' es, La herida luminosa'') is a 1997

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film directed by

José Luis Garci José Luis García Muñoz (born 20 January 1944), known professionally as José Luis Garci, is a Spanish Film director, film director, Film, producer, critic, TV presenter, screenwriter and author. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's fi ...

and starring Fernando Guillén,

Mercedes Sampietro Mercedes Sampietro Marro (born 24 January 1947) is a Spanish actress. Biography Mercedes Sampietro Marro was born in Barcelona on 24 January 1947. She began her career as a stage actress in 1970. Having performed as a Voice acting, voice act ...

and

Julia Gutiérrez Caba Julia Gutiérrez Caba OAXS MML (born on 20 October 1934 in Madrid) is a Spanish theatre and film actress. Biography She is the daughter of actors Emilio Gutiérrez Esteban and Irene Caba Alba and sister of the actress Irene Gutiérrez Caba ...

. The plot is based on a novel by

Josep Maria de Sagarra Josep Maria de Sagarra i de Castellarnau (Barcelona, 5 March 1894 – 27 September 1961) was a Catalan-language writer from Barcelona, Catalonia. Biography Born in Barcelona in 1894, in the breast of a family of the Catalan nobility being son ...

. It was previously filmed in 1956 in a production directed by

Tulio Demicheli Tulio Demicheli (born August 15, 1914, Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. May 25, 1992, Madrid, Spain) was an Argentine born Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era. Born as Armando Bartolomé Demichelli in 1914, ...

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 *

– Doña Isabel *

– 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

with

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External links

* 1997 films Spanish drama films 1990s Spanish-language films Films with screenplays by José Luis Garci Films directed by José Luis Garci 1990s Spanish films {{1990s-Spain-film-stub