The Man Who Knew Love

The Man Who Knew Love
Original titleEl hombre que supo amar
Directed byMiguel Picazo
Screenplay bySantiago Moncada
Based onSan Juan de Dios. Una aventura iluminada
by José Cruset
Starring
CinematographyManuel Rojas
Edited byPablo G. del Amo
Music byAntonio Pérez Olea
Production
company
General Films Corporations
Distributed byInvercine Distribución
Release date
  • 10 August 1978 (1978-08-10)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Man Who Knew Love (Spanish: El hombre que supo amar)[1] is a 1976 Spanish biographical film directed by Miguel Picazo which stars Timothy Dalton as John of God alongside Antonio Ferrandis, Jonathan Burn, Antonio Mendoza, Queta Claver and Ángela Molina.

Plot

Set in 16th-century Granada (featuring everyday concerns such as the denouncement of Moriscos and Judaizantes and the limpieza de sangre, as well as the depiction of marginal environments),[2] the plot tracks the life of Juan Ciudad (later known as Juan de Dios) and his struggle against the social, political and religious structures.[3]

Cast

Production

Penned by Santiago Moncada [es], the screenplay is an adaptation of José Cruset's novel San Juan de Dios. Una aventura iluminada.[7] The film is a General Films Corporations production.[7] Filming began in 1976.[8] Shooting locations included Granada.[9]

Release

Distributed by Invercine Distribución, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 10 August 1978.[7][10]

Reception

The film was not well-received by critics.[11]

References

  1. ^ Rabkin, Leslie Y. (1998). The Celluloid Couch: An Annotated International Filmography of the Mental Health Professional in the Movies and Television, from the Beginning to 1990. The Scarecrow Press. p. 336. ISBN 0810834626.
  2. ^ Ferrer Mars, Anacleto; García-Raffi, Xavier; Lerma Sirvent, Bernardo; Polo Griñán, Cándido (2018). Cine, locura y psiquiatría. 50 películas (PDF). Institut de Creativitat i Innovacions Educatives de la Universitat de València. p. 66. ISBN 978-84-09-02789-7.
  3. ^ Trueba, Fernando (1 September 1978). ""El hombre que supo amar": una superproducción penosa". El País.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Claveras Pérez, Monserrat (2010) [2008]. La pasión de Cristo en el cine. Madrid: Ediciones Encuentro. p. 336. ISBN 978-8499205687.
  5. ^ Barrientos Martín 2017, p. 437.
  6. ^ Barrientos Martín 2017, p. 438.
  7. ^ a b c "El hombre que supo amar · Miguel Picazo 1976". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  8. ^ Barrientos Martín 2017, p. 429.
  9. ^ Barrientos Martín, Cristina (2017). "El hombre que supo amar. Un Santo durante la Transición". In Gambi Giménez, Esther; Marcos Ramos, María (eds.). IV Congreso Internacional Historia, arte y literatura en el cine en español y portugués. Estudios y perspectivas: Salamanca, 28-30 de junio de 2017. ISBN 978-84-697-3695-1.
  10. ^ Trezado Romero, Manuel (2007). "Cine y poder: el cine españoly la secularización del discurso público sobre la moral durante la transición y consolidación democrática". Política y Sociedad. 44 (3). Madrid: Ediciones Complutense: 86–87.
  11. ^ Barrientos Martín 2017, p. 432–433.


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