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Los gozos y las sombras (1982)

Los gozos y las sombras poster
Directed by
Rafael Moreno Alba
Genre
history, drama film
Country
Spain
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rated
13+
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a small Galician town in the 1930s, a young doctor returns and clashes with the local feudal power. The story follows the town's evolving social tensions and personal dramas as old hierarchies break down.

melancholicslow-burnatmosphericsomberintrospectiveregionalhistoricalcharacter-driven

What happens

Los gozos y las sombras (transl. The joys and the shadows) is a 1982 Spanish prime-time television series based on the novel trilogy of the same name by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. Produced and written by Jesús Navascués for Televisión Española, it was directed by Rafael Moreno Alba and starred Amparo Rivelles, Eusebio Poncela, Charo López and Carlos Larrañaga. Its thirteen episodes premiered on TVE1 from 25 March to 10 June 1982. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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