The life of Juan de Dios and his struggle against social, political and religious structures.
Acting
Dalton's volcanic earnestness before Bond cooled him down.
Direction
Picazo's unflinching gaze at Church and state collusion.
Director
Miguel Picazo
Timothy Dalton
Juan de Dios
Antonio Ferrandis
Dr. Cabrales
Jonathan Burn
Antón
José María Prada
Gran Inquisidor
Queta Claver
Inés
Antonio Iranzo
Criado de Antón
Fernando Hilbeck
Yusuf
Pilar Bardem
Matea
Antonio Casas
Alguacil
Alberto de Mendoza
Juan de Ávila
Ángela Molina
Jazmín
Félix Dafauce
Obispo García
María Elena Flores
Zaida
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Spain's late-Franco transition, the film's critique of Church-state collaboration was genuinely risky—Picazo essentially smuggled dissent into a religious biopic template.
This was Dalton's second Spanish film; he learned phonetic Spanish for the role and reportedly found the intensity exhausting—Method saint preparation.
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