The Dark Night of the Soul

The Dark Night of the Soul (1989)

La noche oscura

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.

Date of release
1989-02-23
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
War, Drama
Director
Carlos Saura

Casting

Interesting facts

The Dark Night is a 1989 Spanish-French drama film directed by Carlos Saura. It stars Juan Diego as John of the Cross in solitary confinement in a Carmelite monastery in Toledo in 1577.

Production

Carlos Saura wrote and directed the film starring Juan Diego. The film is Spanish-French co-production by Iberoamericana Films and La Générale d'Images. The budget for the film was 250 million pesetas. It was lensed by Teo Escamilla. The majority of the filming was done in Madrid in the Roma studios, but parts were filmed in the Veruela Abbey, in Tarazona and in Toledo. The film's music is by J. S. Bach.

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