# Outside the Walls > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Outside_the_Walls > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Outside_the_Walls.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outside_the_Walls > Source revision: 1352741210 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1985 Spanish film 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 (1985-09) (Zinemaldia) 27 September 1985 (1985-09-27) (Spain) Country Spain Language Spanish ***Outside the Walls*** (Spanish: ***Extramuros***) is a 1985 Spanish drama film directed by [Miguel Picazo](/source/Miguel_Picazo) based on the novel by [Jesús Fernández Santos](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Santos) which stars [Carmen Maura](/source/Carmen_Maura) and [Mercedes Sampietro](/source/Mercedes_Sampietro). ## Plot Set during the reign of [Philip II](/source/Philip_II_of_Spain),[1] the plot follows two [nuns](/source/Nun) bonded by [Lesbian](/source/Lesbian) affection (sor Ana and sor Ángela). With help from Ana, Ángela decides to fake [stigmata](/source/Stigmata) to save her convent from economic hardship. These developments raise the prioress' suspicions and eventually the [Holy Office](/source/Spanish_Inquisition) intervenes.[2][3][4] ## Cast - [Carmen Maura](/source/Carmen_Maura) as sor Ana[5] - [Mercedes Sampietro](/source/Mercedes_Sampietro) as sor Ángela[6] - [Aurora Bautista](/source/Aurora_Bautista) as priora[6] - [Assumpta Serna](/source/Assumpta_Serna) as huésped[6] - [Antonio Ferrandis](/source/Antonio_Ferrandis) as médico[6] - [Manuel Alexandre](/source/Manuel_Alexandre) as sacerdote[6] - [Conrado San Martín](/source/Conrado_San_Mart%C3%ADn) as duque[6] - [Marta Fernández](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marta_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Muro&action=edit&redlink=1) [[es](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Muro)] as doncella[6] ## Production The film was produced by Blau Films and Miguel Picazo PC, and it had the participation of [TVE](/source/Televisi%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola).[7] Shooting locations included the convent of San Pedro de Dueñas (province of Segovia), [Talamanca de Jarama](/source/Talamanca_de_Jarama), [Peñaranda de Duero](/source/Pe%C3%B1aranda_de_Duero), [Ávila](/source/%C3%81vila), and [Alcalá de Henares](/source/Alcal%C3%A1_de_Henares).[8] ## Release The film screened at the 33rd [San Sebastián International Film Festival](/source/San_Sebasti%C3%A1n_International_Film_Festival) in September 1985.[9] Distributed by Incine,[7] the film was released theatrically at Madrid's [Palacio de la Música](/source/Gran_V%C3%ADa_35%2C_Madrid) on 27 September 1985.[10][11] It had 156,158 admissions.[12] ## Reception Clifford Terry of *[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)* considered that Picazo managed to create a "bizarre, uneven but strangely compelling" film.[13] [Ángel Fernández-Santos](/source/%C3%81ngel_Fern%C3%A1ndez-Santos) of *[El País](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)* 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] ## See also - [List of Spanish films of 1985](/source/List_of_Spanish_films_of_1985) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Torres, Augusto M. (2004). [*Directores españoles malditos*](https://books.google.com/books?id=5tfi_72BcDEC). Madrid: Huerga & Fierro Editores. p. 38. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [84-8374-480-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/84-8374-480-5). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [""Extramuros" y "Matador" en el Cine Club Perlas"](http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/collect/premsaForanaMallorca/import/Perlas_y_Cuevas/1986/Perlas_y_Cuevas_1986_mes11_n0663.pdf) (PDF). *Perlas y Cuevas*: 21. 15 November 1986. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10min_3-0)** ["'Extramuros', de Miguel Picazo, en 'Historia de nuestro cine'"](https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/programacion-tv/a29232900/extramuros-pelicula-carmen-maura-mercedes-sampietro-manuel-alexandre/). *[Diez Minutos](/source/Diez_Minutos)*. 27 September 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Nieto Jiménez, Rafael (25 June 2018). ["El cine de Miguel Picazo (5). Extramuros (1985)"](https://cvc.cervantes.es/el_rinconete/anteriores/junio_18/25062018_01.htm). *Rinconete*. [Centro Virtual Cervantes](/source/Centro_Virtual_Cervantes). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Claveras, Monserrat (2011) [2008]. [*La Pasión de Cristo en el cine*](https://books.google.com/books?id=oRG4w42PlTYC). Madrid: Ediciones Encuentro. p. 329. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9788499205687](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788499205687). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClaveras2011329_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClaveras2011329_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClaveras2011329_6-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClaveras2011329_6-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClaveras2011329_6-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClaveras2011329_6-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClaveras2011329_6-6) [Claveras 2011](#CITEREFClaveras2011), p. 329. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-productores_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-productores_7-1) Riambau, Esteve; Torreiro, Casimiro (2008). [*Productores en el cine español. Estado, dependencias y mercado*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UC7JxXIfS48C). Cátedra. p. 108. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9788437624624](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788437624624). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** García Santa Cecilia, Carlos (14 March 1985). ["Miguel Picazo vuelve al cine con 'Extramuros', la historia de un milagro fingido por dos religiosas"](https://elpais.com/diario/1985/03/14/cultura/479602815_850215.html). *El País*. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-afdezsantos_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-afdezsantos_9-1) [Fernández-Santos, Ángel](/source/%C3%81ngel_Fern%C3%A1ndez-Santos) (26 September 1985). ["Películas para el olvido"](https://elpais.com/diario/1985/09/26/cultura/496533606_850215.html?rel=listapoyo). *[El País](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Extramuros · España 1985"](https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/alece/registro_pelicula/?id=542). *Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía*. Retrieved 21 May 2023 – via [Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes](/source/Biblioteca_Virtual_Miguel_de_Cervantes). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Pelayo García, Irene (2011). [*Imagen fílmica del lesbianismo a través de los personajes protagonistas en el cine español*](https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/12289/1/T31312.pdf) (PDF). Madrid: [Universidad Complutense de Madrid](/source/Complutense_University_of_Madrid). p. 368. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-84-694-2459-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-84-694-2459-9). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERiambauTorreiro2008108_12-0)** [Riambau & Torreiro 2008](#CITEREFRiambauTorreiro2008), p. 108. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Terry, Clifford (24 January 1992). ["1985 Spanish film is uneven but strangely compelling"](https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-01-24-9201070871-story.html). *[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)*. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Outside the Walls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outside_the_Walls) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outside_the_Walls?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.