The Dark Night of the Soul
1989, Spanish. Directed by Carlos Saura.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 23 February 1989
- Original title
- La noche oscura
- Country
- France, Spain
- Written by
- Carlos Saura
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The Dark Night of the Soul isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 February 1989. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Dark Night of the Soul?
The Dark Night of the Soul (1989) was directed by Carlos Saura and stars Juan Diego, Julie Delpy, Fernando Guillén.