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La herida luminosa (1997)

La herida luminosa poster
Directed by
José Luis Garci
Genre
drama film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family's past secrets and personal conflicts come to the surface, testing relationships and loyalties. The story focuses on the emotional struggles of its main characters as they confront difficult truths.

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What happens

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 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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