"I, The Worst Of All"
1990
Directed by Maria Louisa Bemberg

Based on the book Traps of Faith by Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz, this film by Maria Luisa Bemberg (Camila, I Don't Want to Talk About It) tells the story of real-life Mexican poet and writer Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz, a target of the Spanish Inquisition, and her passionate relationship with a Viceroy's wife, who protects the nun so that she may continue her work. As the Sister's status begins to grow, the Church attempts to silence the nun. Starring Assumpta Sernea (Matador) and Dominique Sanda (The Conformist, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis). In Spanish with English subtitles.  105 minutes.