Hours of Light (2004)
Hours of Light (2004), directed by Manolo Matji, starring Alberto San Juan and Emma Suárez.
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Synopsis
September 1987. In a shootout with police, Juan Jose Garfia makes a triple murder. Sentenced to more than one hundred years, is a rebel prisoner, clever and elusive that it has nothing to lose and nobody to worry about. In 1991, manages to escape from a police van jumping up. Stopped after two months of robberies and shootings, Garfia leads several prison riots, against which the authorities takes as a measure subjecting prisoners to a more contentious special isolation regime. Garfia, the prisoner with the highest IQ, avoiding drugs, which seems immune to punishment, and lives two years without seeing anyone, held in a tiny cell and subjected to continuous harassment. There he meets Marimar, a nurse I can barely speak, but between both of a current of mutual understanding.
- Manolo MatjiDirector
About the film
Hours of Light aka Light Hours (Spanish: Horas de luz) is a 2004 Spanish romance and prison drama film directed by Manolo Matji which stars Alberto San Juan and Emma Suárez.
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Hours of Light aka Light Hours (Spanish: Horas de luz) is a 2004 Spanish romance and prison drama film directed by Manolo Matji which stars Alberto San Juan and Emma Suárez.
Plot
Based on a real events, the plot tracks the romantic relationship established in 1991 between prison nurse María del Mar "Marimar" Villar and Juan José Garfia, imprisoned because of the cold-blood murder of three in 1987.
Cast
Production
A Sogecine and La Fiesta production, the film had the participation of TVE, Telemadrid, and Canal+. Shooting began on 2 June 2003 and lasted for 8 weeks. The former Hospital Militar del Generalísimo in Calle de Isaac Peral (Madrid) stood in for indoor prison settings. Some outdoor scenes were shot in Leganés.
Release
The film premiered in competition at the 52nd San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2004. It was met by a chilly reception by the festival audience. Distributed by Warner Sogefilms, it was theatrically released in Spain on 24 September 2004.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that despite its commendable intentions, the film is "hampered by its script's inability to follow through the logic of its premise to the emotionally satisfying conclusion it merits".
Casimiro Torreiro of El País considered the film to be both a discourse about remorse and a bet for social rehabilitation.
Accolades
See also
List of Spanish films of 2004
References
External links
Hours of Light at IMDb
Text from Hours of Light on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hours_of_Light
Trivia
- It premiered on September 24, 2004, a Friday.
- It runs 1h38 — a typical feature length.
- Its original title is "Horas de luz".
- It won 2 award(s) and received 0 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — Toulouse Spanish Film Festival among them.
- This film's quiz has 8 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.
Production
- StudiosSogecine, Canal+ España, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
- CountriesSpain
- LanguagesSpanish
- StatusReleased
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Awards
- Toulouse Spanish Film Festival 2005
- Turia Awards 2005
Cast
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Alberto San Juan
Juan José Garfia -
Emma Suárez
Marimar -
José Ángel Egido
Chincheta -
Vicente Romero
Morata -
Andrés Lima
Granizo -
Ana Wagener
Chus -
Aitor Merino
Tormo - Daniel Núñez Chester
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Paco Marín
Rafa - Sandro Cordero Herrero
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Enrique Escudero
Peña -
Jesús Noguero
Ramos - Fernando Lage Moreno
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Mariana Cordero
Madre de Juanjo -
Kike Biguri
Sindo - Javier Dorado Chaval
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Mon Ceballos
Policía Municipal 1 - Pedro Beitia Policía Municipal 2
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Crew
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Questions about this film
What is Hours of Light about?
Hours of Light: September 1987. In a shootout with police, Juan Jose Garfia makes a triple murder. Sentenced to more than one hundred years, is a rebel prisoner, clever and elusive that it has nothing to lose and nobody to worry about. In 1991, manages to escape from a police van jumping up. Stopped after two months of robberies and …
Who directed Hours of Light?
Hours of Light was directed by Manolo Matji in 2004.
Who stars in Hours of Light?
The cast of Hours of Light includes Alberto San Juan, Emma Suárez, José Ángel Egido, Vicente Romero and Andrés Lima.
How long is Hours of Light?
Hours of Light runs for 98 minutes, or 1h38.
What awards did Hours of Light win?
Hours of Light has 2 recorded awards, among them Toulouse Spanish Film Festival and Turia Awards.
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