The Dark Night (1989)

Original title

La noche oscura

Directed by

Carlos Saura

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Spain

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A drama about John of the Cross, a 16th century monk held in solitary confinement in a Toledo monastery. The film follows his experience of isolation and spiritual struggle.

austerecontemplativesombermeditativeclaustrophobicatmosphericrestrainedsparse

What happens

The Dark Night (Spanish: La noche oscura) 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. Saura both wrote the screenplay and directed the film. Andrés Vicente Gómez is the producer. The film was entered in the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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