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The Dark Night of the Soul (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 93 mins · Spanish
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- Directed by
- Carlos Saura
- Starring
- Julie Delpy, Fermí Reixach, Juan Diego, Manuel de Blas, María Elena Flores, Fernando Guillén
After setbacks, director Carlos Saura returned with 1989’s La Noche Oscura (The Dark Night). Juan Diego embodies St. John of the Cross, the 16th‑century poet‑prophet inspired by Saint Teresa of Jesus to reform the Carmelite Order. Labeled a heretic, he suffers brutal torture. Saura links this religious persecution to the despotism of Fascist Spain, turning the drama into a meditation on oppression.
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