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

La herida luminosa
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Directed byJosé Luis Garci
Written byJosé Luis Garci
Horacio Valcárcel
Produced byEnrique Cerezo
José Luis Garci
StarringFernando Guillén
Mercedes Sampietro
Julia Gutiérrez Caba
CinematographyRaúl Pérez Cubero
Edited byJosé Luis Garci
Music byManuel Balboa
Production
companies
Nickel Odeon Dos S.A.
Enrique Cerezo, P.C.
Release date
  • 21 March 1997 (1997-03-21)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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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.

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DVD release

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La herida luminosa is available in Region 2 DVD in Spanish with English.

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