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I, the Worst of All

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This fact-based film examines the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna), a Roman Catholic nun from Mexico City who, in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition, established herself as an important New World philosopher, poet, playwright and early feminist. When Sor Juana comes under the scrutiny of a vicious archbishop (Lautaro Murúa) for her unconventional ways, she must appeal to a powerful political connection -- the Viceroy's scholarly wife (Dominique Sanda).

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/04/2005
2/5
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 08/31/2003
2.5/5
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice 04/25/2003
I, the Worst of All offers an illuminating and soulful portrait of Latin America's first great poet, who happened to be a brilliant nun in seventeenth-century Mexico. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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dustin d 11/08/2022 This is an engaging historical film that celebrates the power of independent, off-beat individuals in the context of the Spanish Inquisition in the New World. See more 11/08/2012 Watched the film for a las at college. It was /really/ good. See more 09/23/2010 kind of slow, but visually this movie is amazing. See more 01/03/2010 Halt, shadow of my love, image of the bewitchment I love the most Beautiful dream for whom I gladly died Sweet fiction for whom I grievously live See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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María Luisa Bemberg

Director

Assumpta Serna

Juana Ines de la Cruz

Dominique Sanda

La Virreina

Héctor Alterio

The Viceroy

Lautaro Murúa

Archbishop

Graciela Araujo

Sister Ursula
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Synopsis This fact-based film examines the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna), a Roman Catholic nun from Mexico City who, in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition, established herself as an important New World philosopher, poet, playwright and early feminist. When Sor Juana comes under the scrutiny of a vicious archbishop (Lautaro Murúa) for her unconventional ways, she must appeal to a powerful political connection -- the Viceroy's scholarly wife (Dominique Sanda).
Director
María Luisa Bemberg
Producer
Lita Stantic
Screenwriter
María Luisa Bemberg, Antonio Larreta, Octavio Paz
Distributor
First Run
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 22, 1995, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 25, 2003
Runtime
1h 49m