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Summary: this, the worst of jokes
Review: The look of this film, with it's sumptuous use of color contrasts, is worth 5 stars. With rich shades of brown, it has the palette of a Rembrandt painting, and the beautiful soundtrack by Luis Maria Serra is a compliment to it.The subject matter is captivating, not only for showing us some of the genius of Sor Juana Inés de la Cuz, but also for a view of the life in 17th century Mexico. Assumpta Serra is exquisite as Sor Juana, known as the "10th Muse" and one of the great poets of the Spanish golden era. For anyone interested in the lives of women who have made their mark on this world, this is a must. I love the scene where she says : "Every theology is questionable, since it stems from reason and not from faith". I must comment on the way this film has been packaged. It is asinine. Ignore it. Maria Luisa Bemberg is another woman who is making a big mark on the world with her magnificent films. I also recommend her wonderful "Camila".
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Summary: a gorgeous, thoughtful film
Review: The look of this film, with it's sumptuous use of color contrasts, is worth 5 stars. With rich shades of brown, it has the palette of a Rembrandt painting, and the beautiful soundtrack by Luis Maria Serra is a compliment to it. The subject matter is captivating, not only for showing us some of the genius of Sor Juana Inés de la Cuz, but also for a view of the life in 17th century Mexico. Assumpta Serra is exquisite as Sor Juana, known as the "10th Muse" and one of the great poets of the Spanish golden era. For anyone interested in the lives of women who have made their mark on this world, this is a must. I love the scene where she says : "Every theology is questionable, since it stems from reason and not from faith". I must comment on the way this film has been packaged. It is asinine. Ignore it. Maria Luisa Bemberg is another woman who is making a big mark on the world with her magnificent films. I also recommend her wonderful "Camila".
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Summary: Yes, It Really Is About Lesbian Love
Review: The movie is well made, although not much money seems to have been spent on sets! It sticks fairly closely to the basic historical data, but a quick read up on Sor Juana in the Encyclopedia Brittanica might help many viewers. Now to the rating issue. There is no good reason why this movie should be restricted to those over 18. There is no overt nudity or genital sex. There is a fairly chaste kiss between women. I suppose the violent scenes of nuns whipping themsleves in a penitential exercise might be offensive to some, but self-flagellation was indeed a part of Catholic monastic life until well into the 20th century, and the scene is not presented in any prurient way. If this amounts to a need to ban the movie for young people, then the Bible also would need to be banned. It has far more sex, nudity, and violence. Those writers who object to the "Lesbian passion" line on the box do have a point. Anyone buying this for erotic arousal would be profoundly mislead. There is, however, a real lesbian aspect to this film. Sor Juana is clearly a "woman identified woman." She achieves her greatest triumphs while in the nurturing and all-female world of the Convent; her relationship with the Vicereine is the most heated in the film; and the destruction of her writing comes from the intrusion of the exclusively male world of the church hierarchy and the inquistion. Most importantly, her writing reflects an explicit feminist critique of women's oppression. Just as one does not need to have genital sex in order to be a "heterosexual," neither does one need genital sex in order to be part of the lesbian continuum. Sor Juana is indeed part of the that continuum.
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Summary: Excellent biography, Not a "Lesbian" Love Film
Review: The video states that the film is about hot lesbian love inside the convent walls. Wrong! There are a few implied moments but nothing graphic.
This film gives the viewer an accurate depiction of the life of one of the best authors of any genre of literature. I first saw this film in a Latin American literature university classroom. It is so good that I would like to show it in my high school classroom.
Sor Juana was quite adept at placing a mirror in front of the faces of the male hierarchy and they didn't like it. She paid for it and we gained from her pain.
There is great historical value in this biographical film as well. It gives the viewer an idea of what life was like during the Spanish Inquisition in "New Spain" or Mexico.
I know the vendors believe that sex will sell this film. But, they are billing it all wrong. It is an intellectual foreign film. Why cheapen it by giving potential buyers a deceptive description of the content?
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Summary: THis is not a Spanish Movie; it's Argentine.
Review: THis is not a Spanish Movie; it's Argentine.THis is not a Spanish Movie; it's Argentine.THis is not a Spanish Movie; it's Argentine.THis is not a Spanish Movie; it's Argentine.THis is not a Spanish Movie; it's Argentine.THis is not a Spanish Movie; it's Argentine.THis is not a Spanish Movie; it's Argentine.THis is not a Spanish Movie; it's Argentine.
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Summary: Not What Is Advertised
Review: This movie is not at all what it is advertised to be. . .there is no lesbian content, and the picture on the back of the nun in question and another woman is that of her and her mother on her mothers deathbead. This is a great movie, though. It is not for someone with an underdeveloped mind, and it is very emotional. It tells of a time before the term "womens rights" was even considered. . .I cannot do it justice, but I do believe that this is a good movie. I was pleasently surprised.
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