This 1985 Spanish film reveals one of the many terrible aspects of 16th century Spain, still plagued by the radical Christian Inquisition, one of a plethora of difficulties Spaniards faced at the time. Spanish super star Carmen Maura plays a nun who agrees to a selfless scam, a fake stigmata, only to avoid separation from her lover, another nun. It's a serious and passionate work, highlighting the theme of outspoken women-against-repression, seen in other good gay and lesbian films. This is not a lesbian "Nun sense" or another "Dark Habits" (by Almodovar, which also starred Carmen Maura, and also set in a Spanish convent, with some lesbian nuns). Perhaps, best of all, 'Extramuros' is realistic and frank. It isn't shy about its characters' sexuality. Their sexuality, and the film as a whole are genuine.
Miguel Picazo
Director
Carmen Maura
Sor Ana
Mercedes Sampietro
Sor Ángela
Aurora Bautista
La Priora
Assumpta Serna
La Huéspeda
Antonio Ferrandis
El Médico
Manuel Alexandre
Capellán
Conrado San Martín
Valentín Paredes
Marta Fernández Muro
A Perfect Ending62%
Two for the Seesaw66%
Departure63%
You Can Live Forever69%
Not Easily Broken63%
Nuestros amantes72%
We63%
Salome58%
El verano que vivimos72%
TalhotBlond63%
Nine Lives61%
The Proposition60%
Fatima72%
Akron72%
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between61%
The Object of My Affection58%
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister65%
The Yellow Handkerchief62%
The Lost Husband67%
Come Sunday58%
