Sweet Hours (1982): Cast & Plot
Sweet Hours is a 1982 drama directed by Carlos Saura, starring Iñaki Aierra as Juan, Pedro Sempson and Pablo Hernández Smith. It runs 1 hour 46 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 46m (106 min)
- Director
- Carlos Saura
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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Spanish - Studio
- Elías Querejeta PC
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Sweet Hours About?
The premise of Sweet Hours without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Juan Sahagún has loved his mother since childhood. While walking one day he spots a woman who looks exactly like her and learns she works as an actress in a theater troupe. He hires the whole company to stage recreations of the people and moments that shaped his past, letting him relive forgotten memories as his younger self.
Sweet Hours Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- female nudity
- female rear nudity
- fondling breasts
- incest overtones
- childhood memories
- oedipus complex
- brothel madam
- 1940s
- father takes son to a prostitute
- world war two
- bombed house
- spanish civil war
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- female full frontal nudity
- female full rear nudity
- written by director
- madrid spain
- play rehearsal
- bachelor
- 1930s
- diary
- playwright
- suicide by overdose
- falling in love
- theater actress
- author character relationship
- reference to argentina
- childhood flashback
- semi autobiographical
- old family photograph
- mother son incestuous relationship
- reflection
- perception
- alternating time lines
- correspondence
- theater
- breast fondling
- peseta
- prostitute
- brothel
- dubbing actor
- archive footage
- role playing
- witness to a suicide
- pregnancy
- man in bathtub
- erotic melodrama
- family drama
- incestuous melodrama
- psychological drama
- sexual melodrama
Sweet Hours Cast & Characters
Iñaki Aierra leads the cast as Juan, with Pedro Sempson as Juan Sr., Juan's father and Pablo Hernández Smith as Juanico, the young Juan. Directed by Carlos Saura; 15 actors are credited in all.
- Director Carlos Saura
- Iñaki Aierra as Juan
- Pedro Sempson as Juan Sr., Juan's father
- Pablo Hernández Smith as Juanico, the young Juan
- Isabel Mestres as Marta, Juan's sister
Also Starring in Sweet Hours
· 11 more- Magdalena García Martita, the young Marta
- Assumpta Serna Berta, the actress / Teresa, Juan's mother
- Álvaro de Luna Uncle Pepe
- Alicia Sánchez Olga, the maid
- Marion Game Amparo
- Alicia Hermida Aunt Pilar
- Ofelia Angélica Sofi
- Luisa Rodrigo Grandmother
- Jacques Lalande Uncle Antoñito
- Julien Thomast Pablo
- Clara Merin Lucía
Sweet Hours Plot Summary
What happens in Sweet Hours from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Juan, Iñaki Aierra, a well-off bachelor and playwright in his forties, is haunted by a past he cannot fully solve. He recalls a father who wandered off to Argentina with another woman and a mother whose suicide left a lasting mark on him. He has written a play titled Sweet Hours, which compresses these memories into key scenes from his early life. The play is now in rehearsal, and Juan attends the sessions with a steady, almost diagnostic focus, searching for something fragmentary that keeps eluding him.
Full summary
The whole story of Sweet Hours, scene by scene
Sweet Hours Also Known As
6 alternative titles, including “甜蜜的时刻” and “Édes órák”.
- Also known as
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- 甜蜜的时刻
- Édes órák
- 甜蜜时光
- Doux moments du passé
- Doces Momentos do Passado
- Dolci ore
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Sweet Hours FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Sweet Hours, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Sweet Hours?
Sweet Hours runs 1 hour 46 minutes (106 minutes).
When was Sweet Hours released?
Sweet Hours was released on February 15, 1982.
Who directed Sweet Hours?
Sweet Hours was directed by Carlos Saura.
More films by Carlos Saura Who is in the cast of Sweet Hours?
Sweet Hours stars Iñaki Aierra as Juan, Pedro Sempson as Juan Sr., Juan's father and Pablo Hernández Smith as Juanico, the young Juan, among 15 credited actors.
Does Sweet Hours have a post-credit scene?
No. Sweet Hours has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Sweet Hours in?
The original language of Sweet Hours is Spanish.
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