''Sister San Sulpicio'' (Spanish:''La hermana San Sulpicio'') is a 1952 Spanish

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directed by

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and starring Carmen Sevilla, Jorge Mistral and Julia Caba Alba. It was the third film adaptation of

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's 1889 novel '' Sister San Sulpicio''.

Plot

Gloria and Ceferino are two totally opposite people. He is a Galician doctor, serious and circumspect; she, on the other hand, is a beautiful Andalusian, rich and with an outgoing and dominant character. However, Gloria makes a surprising and unusual decision: to become a nun. By chance, she is assigned to a sanatorium of which Dr. Ceferino has been appointed as the new director. Love will arise between them, but they cannot marry because she is a nun.

Cast

* Carmen Sevilla as Gloria Alvargonzález / Hermana San Sulpicio * Jorge Mistral as Ceferino Sanjurjo * Julia Caba Alba as Hermana Guadalupe * Milagros Carrión *

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as Daniel Suárez * Casimiro Hurtado * Ana de Leyva * Manuel Luna as D. Sabino * Juana Mansó * Antonio Ozores *

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References

Bibliography

* Mira, Alberto. ''The A to Z of Spanish Cinema''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.

External links

* 1952 films Spanish comedy films 1952 comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Luis Lucia Films scored by Juan Quintero Muñoz 1950s Spanish films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub