Esa mujer (film)
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Film poster | |
| Directed by | Mario Camus |
| Written by | Antonio Gala, Fernando Vizcaíno Casas |
| Produced by | Marciano de la Fuente |
| Starring | Sara Montiel and Ivan Rassimov |
| Cinematography | Christian Matras |
| Edited by | José Luis Matesanz |
| Music by | Gregorio García Segura |
| Distributed by | Suevia Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Esa mujer (That Woman) is a 1969 Spanish musical legal drama film directed by Mario Camus and starring Sara Montiel and Ivan Rassimov. It is described as a "court-room melodrama with a singing nun".[1]
Plot
The film is set in the 19th century and follows the tragedy of singer Soledad Romero, who fights for her innocence in a murder case.
Cast
- Sara Montiel as Soledad Romero Fuentes
- Ivan Rassimov as Carlos Alcántara
- Cándida Losada as Madre Lucía
- Marcela Yurfa as Madre San Pablo
- Hugo Blanco as Javier
- José Marco Davó as Juan José
- Jesús Aristu as Luis
- Ricardo Díaz as Ramón
- Patricia Nigel as Eugenia Guzmán
- Marta Reves as Madre Clara
- Matilde Muñoz Sampedro as Eduarda Rodríguez
- Fernando as lawyer
- William Layton as the judge
- Vicente Vega as prosecutor
- Carlos Otero as prosecutor
- Francisco Merino as police inspector
- José Orjas as Herrera
Production and reception
The film was commissioned by Cesáreo González for Suevia Films, and was a box office success in Spain with 1,374,056 spectators in cinemas.[2]
References
- ^ Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema, Volume 266. Tamesis. p. 184. ISBN 9781855661769.
- ^ Perez, Jorge. Confessional Cinema: Religion, Film, and Modernity in Spain's Development Years, 1960-1975. University of Toronto Press. p. 149. ISBN 9781487501082.