Outside the Walls explained

Director:Miguel Picazo
Screenplay:Miguel Picazo
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Country:Spain
Language:Spanish
Distributor:Incine
Music:José Nieto
Cinematography:Teo Escamilla

Outside the Walls (Spanish; Castilian: '''Extramuros'''|links=no) is a 1985 Spanish drama film directed by Miguel Picazo based on the novel by Jesús Fernández Santos which stars Carmen Maura and Mercedes Sampietro.

Plot

Set during the reign of Philip II,[1] the plot follows two nuns bonded by Lesbian affection (sor Ana and sor Ángela). With help from Ana, Ángela decides to fake stigmata to save her convent from economic hardship. These developments raise the prioress' suspicions and eventually the Holy Office intervenes.[2] [3] [4]

Production

The film was produced by Blau Films and Miguel Picazo PC, and it had the participation of TVE. Shooting locations included the convent of San Pedro de Dueñas (province of Segovia), Talamanca de Jarama, Peñaranda de Duero, Ávila, and Alcalá de Henares.[5]

Release

The film screened at the 33rd San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1985. Distributed by Incine,[6] the film was released theatrically at Madrid's Palacio de la Música on 27 September 1985.[7] [8] It had 156,158 admissions.

Reception

Clifford Terry of Chicago Tribune considered that Picazo managed to create a "bizarre, uneven but strangely compelling" film.[9]

Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País assessed that upon translation into images of the literary story the film "suffers from a multitude of defects that gradually become visible", and by the time the film ends, the latter "is difficult to sustain" "due to the accumulation [of those deffects].[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Torres, Augusto M.. Directores españoles malditos. 38. Huerga & Fierro Editores. 2004. Madrid. 84-8374-480-5.
  2. "Extramuros" y "Matador" en el Cine Club Perlas. 21. Perlas y Cuevas. 15 November 1986.
  3. Web site: 'Extramuros', de Miguel Picazo, en 'Historia de nuestro cine'. Diez Minutos. 27 September 2019.
  4. El cine de Miguel Picazo (5). Extramuros (1985). 25 June 2018. Rinconete. Rafael. Nieto Jiménez. Centro Virtual Cervantes.
  5. News: Carlos. García Santa Cecilia. 14 March 1985. Miguel Picazo vuelve al cine con 'Extramuros', la historia de un milagro fingido por dos religiosas. El País .
  6. Book: Productores en el cine español. Estado, dependencias y mercado. 108. Cátedra. 2008. Esteve. Riambau. Casimiro. Torreiro. 9788437624624 .
  7. Web site: Extramuros · España 1985. Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. 21 May 2023. Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía.
  8. Book: Pelayo García, Irene. Imagen fílmica del lesbianismo a través de los personajes protagonistas en el cine español. 368. 2011. Madrid. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 978-84-694-2459-9.
  9. Web site: 1985 Spanish film is uneven but strangely compelling. Chicago Tribune. 24 January 1992. Clifford. Terry.
  10. News: El País. Ángel. Fernández-Santos. Películas para el olvido. Ángel Fernández-Santos. 26 September 1985.