The Dark Night of the Soul

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 23, 1989

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Countries

France, Spain

Cast

Adolfo Thous,María Elena Flores,Julie Delpy,Manuel de Blas,Juan Diego,Fermí Reixach,Francisco Casares,Abel Vitón,Fernando Guillén

Director

Carlos Saura

Writer

Carlos Saura

Producer

Andrés Vicente Gómez

Cinematography

Teo Escamilla

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0097998