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

Adolfo Thous

Crew

Carlos Saura

Pedro del Rey

Koldo Vallés

José Antonio Sánchez

Teo Escamilla

Gerardo José Vega

Romana González

Carlos Saura

Carlos Saura Medrano

Andrés Vicente Gómez

Carlos Faruolo

Gilles Ortion

Gerardo Vera