Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
La noche oscura (original title)
Directed by
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.
Cast: Juan Diego, Julie Delpy, Fernando Guillén, Manuel de Blas, Francisco Casares, Fermí Reixach, Abel Vitón, María Elena Flores, Adolfo Thous
Writer: Carlos Saura (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Teo Escamilla
Production Designer: Gerardo José Vega, Gerardo Vera
Editor: Pedro del Rey
Sound Designer: Carlos Faruolo, Gilles Ortion
Direction team: Carlos Saura Medrano (Assistant Director)
Producer: Andrés Vicente Gómez
