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.
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| Ray Loriga |
| Madrid, 1967. He published his first book at the age of 25, becoming a reference in the Spanish literature of the 90s, with books like Héroes, Días extraños, Caídos del cielo, Tokio ya no nos quiere, Trífero and El hombre que inventó Manhattan. In 1997, he started his film career collaborating with Pedro Almodóvar on the screenplay of Carne trémula (Live Flesh). That same year he directed his first film, La pistola de mi hermano (My Brother’s Gun), based on one of his novels. He was a member of the New Directors Award Jury at San Sebastian in 2003. |
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