Release Date
23 Feb, 1989
Runtime
01:33: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Pantheon filmmaker Carlos Saura bounced back from a handful of failures with 1989's La Noche Oscura (The Dark Night). Juan Diego stars as San Juan de la Cruz (St. John of the Cross), the legendary 16th-century poet-prophet. Galvanized into action by the spirit of Santa Teresa de Jesus, San Juan fought to install reforms in the Carmelite Order. Like many another visionary, he was regarded as a heretic, and promptly subjected to the most appalling of tortures. Writer-director Saura manages to draw several parallels between the religious persecution of the 1700s and the political despotism of Fascist Spain.
Original Title
La noche oscura
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Actors
Juan Diego
Julie Delpy
Fernando Guillén
Manuel de Blas
Francisco Casares
Fermí Reixach
Abel Vitón
María Elena Flores
Crew
Carlos Saura
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Teo Escamilla
Pedro del Rey
Gerardo Vera
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