71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo / Teresa, the Body of Christ

Ray Loriga
Spain - UK - France
Synopsis
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In 16th-century Spain, the daughter of a nobleman from Avila, Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, refuses to accept her role as a woman in a man?s world: she doesn?t want to be a mere wife and mother. She feels that there must be more. She wants to write, read and learn. She enters a convent, searching for the ?something? she needs so badly. But her disappointment couldn?t be greater: the convent walls conceal exactly the same materialism and frivolity she is trying to escape. She decides to set out on a crusade of prayer and sacrifice initially earning her the label of rebel and lunatic, before going on to become a leader, and finally, a saint.
Director
Ray Loriga
Screenplay
Ray Loriga
Photography
José Luis Alcaine
Edition
Pablo Blanco
Music
Angel Illarramendi
Cast
Paz Vega, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin, José Luis Gómez, Eusebio Poncela
Running Time
101 m.
Country
Spain - UK - France
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