Outside the Walls

Outside the Walls
Outside the Walls
	Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Extramuros
Directed by	Miguel Picazo
Screenplay by	Miguel Picazo
Based on	Extramuros; by Jesús Fernández Santos
Starring	Carmen Maura; Mercedes Sampietro; Aurora Bautista; Assumpta Serna; Antonio Ferrandis;
Cinematography	Teo Escamilla
Music by	José Nieto
Production; companies	Blau Films; Miguel Picazo PC;
Distributed by	Incine
Release dates	September 1985 (Zinemaldia); 27 September 1985 (Spain);
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Outside the Walls (Spanish: Extramuros) 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]

Cast

Carmen Maura as sor Ana^[5]
Mercedes Sampietro as sor Ángela^[6]
Aurora Bautista as priora^[6]
Assumpta Serna as huésped^[6]
Antonio Ferrandis as médico^[6]
Manuel Alexandre as sacerdote^[6]
Conrado San Martín as duque^[6]
Marta Fernández [es] as doncella^[6]

Production

The film was produced by Blau Films and Miguel Picazo PC, and it had the participation of TVE.^[7] Shooting locations included the convent of San Pedro de Dueñas (province of Segovia), Talamanca de Jarama, Peñaranda de Duero, Ávila, and Alcalá de Henares.^[8]

Release

The film screened at the 33rd San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1985.^[9] Distributed by Incine,^[7] the film was released theatrically at Madrid's Palacio de la Música on 27 September 1985.^[10]^[11] It had 156,158 admissions.^[12]

Reception

Clifford Terry of Chicago Tribune considered that Picazo managed to create a "bizarre, uneven but strangely compelling" film.^[13]

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].^[9]

References

^ Torres, Augusto M. (2004). Directores españoles malditos. Madrid: Huerga & Fierro Editores. p. 38. ISBN 84-8374-480-5.
^ ""Extramuros" y "Matador" en el Cine Club Perlas" (PDF). Perlas y Cuevas: 21. 15 November 1986.
^ "'Extramuros', de Miguel Picazo, en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". Diez Minutos. 27 September 2019.
^ Nieto Jiménez, Rafael (25 June 2018). "El cine de Miguel Picazo (5). Extramuros (1985)". Rinconete. Centro Virtual Cervantes.
^ Claveras, Monserrat (2011) [2008]. La Pasión de Cristo en el cine. Madrid: Ediciones Encuentro. p. 329. ISBN 9788499205687.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Claveras 2011, p. 329.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Riambau, Esteve; Torreiro, Casimiro (2008). Productores en el cine español. Estado, dependencias y mercado. Cátedra. p. 108. ISBN 9788437624624.
^ García Santa Cecilia, Carlos (14 March 1985). "Miguel Picazo vuelve al cine con 'Extramuros', la historia de un milagro fingido por dos religiosas". El País.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Fernández-Santos, Ángel (26 September 1985). "Películas para el olvido". El País.
^ "Extramuros · España 1985". Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía. Retrieved 21 May 2023 – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
^ Pelayo García, Irene (2011). Imagen fílmica del lesbianismo a través de los personajes protagonistas en el cine español (PDF). Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid. p. 368. ISBN 978-84-694-2459-9.
^ Riambau & Torreiro 2008, p. 108.
^ Terry, Clifford (24 January 1992). "1985 Spanish film is uneven but strangely compelling". Chicago Tribune.

[1] Torres, Augusto M. (2004). Directores españoles malditos. Madrid: Huerga & Fierro Editores. p. 38. ISBN 84-8374-480-5.

[2] ""Extramuros" y "Matador" en el Cine Club Perlas" (PDF). Perlas y Cuevas: 21. 15 November 1986.

[10min-3] "'Extramuros', de Miguel Picazo, en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". Diez Minutos. 27 September 2019.

[4] Nieto Jiménez, Rafael (25 June 2018). "El cine de Miguel Picazo (5). Extramuros (1985)". Rinconete. Centro Virtual Cervantes.

[5] Claveras, Monserrat (2011) [2008]. La Pasión de Cristo en el cine. Madrid: Ediciones Encuentro. p. 329. ISBN 9788499205687.

[FOOTNOTEClaveras2011329-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Claveras 2011, p. 329.

[productores-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Riambau, Esteve; Torreiro, Casimiro (2008). Productores en el cine español. Estado, dependencias y mercado. Cátedra. p. 108. ISBN 9788437624624.

[8] García Santa Cecilia, Carlos (14 March 1985). "Miguel Picazo vuelve al cine con 'Extramuros', la historia de un milagro fingido por dos religiosas". El País.

[afdezsantos-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b Fernández-Santos, Ángel (26 September 1985). "Películas para el olvido". El País.

[10] "Extramuros · España 1985". Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía. Retrieved 21 May 2023 – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.

[11] Pelayo García, Irene (2011). Imagen fílmica del lesbianismo a través de los personajes protagonistas en el cine español (PDF). Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid. p. 368. ISBN 978-84-694-2459-9.

[FOOTNOTERiambauTorreiro2008108-12] Riambau & Torreiro 2008, p. 108.

[13] Terry, Clifford (24 January 1992). "1985 Spanish film is uneven but strangely compelling". Chicago Tribune.

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