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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304053881 Format: Color, Subtitled, NTSC ISBN: 6304053886 Label: First Run Features Manufacturer: First Run Features Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: First Run Features Release Date: November 16, 1999 Running Time: 105 minutes Sales Rank: 33448 Studio: First Run Features Theatrical Release Date: November 24, 1995
Rating: - I, The worst of All (Yo, la Peor de Todas)
A very strong and defiant statement. A fit title for the lifestory of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. She is a Mexican holy woman and a genius with much intellectual prowess who lived before the time of feminism. She is most haunting and fascinating person. Her beauty was also legend. This story must be told. (spanish)
Rating: - "Every Theology Is Questionable" ~ Attraction For The Abyss
Note: Spanish with English subtitles.
The obscure '95 film `I, The Worst of All' is visual poetry of the highest order. Based on the life of poet, scholar, feminist and Catholic nun Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, director Maria Luisa Bemberg does a magnificent job at capturing contemporary life and attitudes inside and outside the convent in 17th century Mexico.
The majority of the storyline unfolds inside the cold, minimalist confines of the convent community. The stark visuals coupled with a shadowy, dark around the edges cinematic style creates an otherworldly atmosphere ... Read More
Rating: - Sor Juana
Excellent movie! Based on Sor Juana's biography by Octavio Paz; movie's title refers to the way Sor Juan signed her last letter.
Rating: - STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL FILM-MAKING
One of my best friends saw that I was reading a novel about Sor Juana, SOR JUANA'S SECOND DREAM, by Alicia Gaspar de Alba, and recommended this film to me -- with the admonishment to ignore the tawdry blurb on the cover: "Lesbian passions seething behind convent walls", indeed! How ridiculous -- it would be like describing FORREST GUMP as "partying with coeds in a dorm room after hours". It's a cheap attempt to draw the wrong conclusions about this moving story. Don't let it put you off.
This film about the amazing woman who has been called Mexico's 'Tenth muse' -- a reference to the ... Read More
Rating: - Tremendous Film - It's about time!
The "Tenth Muse" has finally been portrayed accurately. I've studyed the writings of Sor Juana for nearly a decade and continue to be impressed by her artistry. This film captures much of what I appreciate about her and her writing. It shows Sor Juana as a strong woman who is truly a master of her art and a master of herself. That may seem an odd thing to say, but being a master of oneself in the cloister of the 17th century convent is a feat worthy of mention.
For years there has been speculation that Sor Juana was, at the least, a sapphic poet, and probably a lesbian. Lets set the ... Read More
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