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This film, written and directed by Mario Camus, recipient of the Goya Honor Award 2011 granted for the Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, was intended as a vehicle for the young (20 years old) Ornella Muti. Therefore, this picture is a collection item indispensable for all the fans of the beautiful and talented Ornella, and also is a time capsule that captures the social background of the España at the end of "franquismo". The plot revolves around the love conflicts that make difficult the life of the young nurse (Ornella Muti) called Simona in the Italian language version of the film that I saw. At the Hospital, where she works, Giorgio (Pedro Diez de Corral), the son of a prestigious cardiac surgeon (Alberto de Mendoza), begins to work as physician and goes crazy about Simona. He doesn't stop till he become her first man (Il mio primo uomo – My first man - Italian title of this film). But Giorgio has his career as a priority and want to be an specialist in tropical diseases, so he must travel to Africa and spend a whole year studying this kind of maladies. Simona is deeply let down, she resents the selfish men that abandon their love ones to pursue their interests and in a rash, she marries the widower father of Giorgio. She admits that she has committed a serious mistake but when Giorgio come back from Africa, recognizing he is still in love with Simona, doesn't dare to confront his father because the senior Doctor is a tyrannical figure that guides the professional life of his only son. Simona escapes to the house of her lonely mother seeking to put an end to her emotional predicament y there enters Raúl "the crazy one" (Mark Edwards), her childhood crush. From this moment on is a battle between Giorgio and Raúl for the heart of Simona. In conclusion, this is a very rare picture, very difficult to find. I have seen it in a very precarious technical state, cut both ways, 4:3 to fit in the old tubes and censored because of some nude scenes. This is very detrimental to judge any material. I give it 7 points but I reserve the rest 3 waiting a complete version. And I say it seriously. Beautiful and brave Ornella Muti, after more than 40 years of work, is an icon well established of the so called seventh art, and it's a real pity that many of her pictures show like this one (La Joven Casada) an state of great deterioration and they are in urgent need, first of finding a better copy and then, if possible, of digital restoration.