The Dark Night of the Soul

February. 23,1989      
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Juan Diego as  San Juan de la Cruz
Julie Delpy as  Virgen María
Fernando Guillén as  Vailer
Manuel de Blas as  Prior
Francisco Casares as  Fray José
Fermí Reixach as  Fray Gerónimo Tostado
Abel Vitón as  Fray Jacinto
María Elena Flores as  Superiora

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