The Dark Night of the SoulMovie
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.
About The Dark Night of the Soul
The Dark Night of the Soul is a 1989 war, drama movie directed by Carlos Saura.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 33m, production credits from France, Spain, an original language code of ES.
The credited cast includes Juan Diego, Julie Delpy, Fernando Guillén, Manuel de Blas. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
