Juan Diego
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.
Release Date | 1989-02-23 |
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Runtime | 1h 33m |
Directors | Carlos Saura, Teo Escamilla, Carlos Saura Medrano |
Producer | Andrés Vicente Gómez |
Writer | Carlos Saura |