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I, the Worst of All

Original title: Yo, la peor de todas
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  • 1h 45m
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I, the Worst of All (1990)
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A viceroy and an archbishop take their posts in Mexico. A local nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), intrigues them. The viceroy and his wife find her brilliant and fascinating. The p... Read allA viceroy and an archbishop take their posts in Mexico. A local nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), intrigues them. The viceroy and his wife find her brilliant and fascinating. The prelate finds her a symbol of European laxity. He engineers the election of a new abbess, s... Read allA viceroy and an archbishop take their posts in Mexico. A local nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), intrigues them. The viceroy and his wife find her brilliant and fascinating. The prelate finds her a symbol of European laxity. He engineers the election of a new abbess, severe and ascetic. The virreina visits Sor Juana often and inspires her to write passionat... Read all
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    • Director
      • María Luisa Bemberg
    • Writers
      • María Luisa Bemberg
      • Antonio Larreta
      • Octavio Paz(novel "Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz")
    • Stars
      • Assumpta Serna
      • Dominique Sanda
      • Héctor Alterio
    Top credits
    • Director
      • María Luisa Bemberg
    • Writers
      • María Luisa Bemberg
      • Antonio Larreta
      • Octavio Paz(novel "Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz")
    • Stars
      • Assumpta Serna
      • Dominique Sanda
      • Héctor Alterio
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    • 16User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination

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    Assumpta Serna
    Assumpta Serna
    • Juana Inés de la Cruz
    Dominique Sanda
    Dominique Sanda
    • La Virreina
    Héctor Alterio
    Héctor Alterio
    • The Viceroy
    Lautaro Murúa
    Lautaro Murúa
    • Archbishop
    Graciela Araujo
    • Sister Ursula
    Alberto Segado
    Alberto Segado
    • Father Miranda
    Gerardo Romano
    Gerardo Romano
    • Siguenza
    Franklin Caicedo
    Franklin Caicedo
    • Santa Cruz
    Hugo Soto
    Margara Alonso
    Lidia Catalano
    Lidia Catalano
    Margarita Padín
    Margarita Padín
    Alejandra Colunga
    Rosario Bléfari
    Rosario Bléfari
      Felisa Rocha
      Ema Rivera
        Fernando Noy
        José Martin
        • Director
          • María Luisa Bemberg
        • Writers
          • María Luisa Bemberg
          • Antonio Larreta
          • Octavio Paz(novel "Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz")
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        • Trivia
          Official submission of Argentina for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 63rd Academy Awards in 1991.
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        A Great Historical Movie - Addresses the Lesbian Continuum
        The movie is well made, although not much money seems to have been spent on sets! It sticks fairly closely to the basic historical data, but a quick read up on Sor Juana in the Encyclopedia Brittanica might help many viewers.

        Now to the rating issue. There is no good reason why this movie should be restricted to those over 18 by Amazon and other online merchants. There is no overt nudity or genital sex. There is a fairly chaste kiss between women. I suppose the violent scenes of nuns whipping themsleves in a penitential exercise might be offensive to some, but self-flagellation was indeed a part of Catholic monastic life until well into the 20th century, and the scene is not presented in any prurient way. If this amounts to a need to ban the movie for young people, then the Bible also would need to be banned. It has far more sex, nudity, and violence.

        The writers who object to the "Lesbian passion" line on the box do have a point. Anyone buying this for erotic arousal would be profoundly mislead.

        There is, however, a real lesbian aspect to this film. Sor Juana is clearly a "woman identified woman." She achieves her greatest triumphs while in the nurturing and all-female world of the Convent; her relationship with the Vicereine is the most heated in the film; and the destruction of her writing comes from the intrusion of the exclusively male world of the church hierarchy and the inquistion. Most importantly, her writing reflects an explicit feminist critique of women's oppression.

        Just as one does not need to have genital sex in order to be a "heterosexual," neither does one need genital sex in order to be part of the lesbian continuum. Sor Juana is indeed part of the that continuum.
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        • Release date
          • November 24, 1995 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • Argentina
        • Language
          • Spanish
        • Also known as
          • Ja, najgorsza ze wszystkich
        • Filming locations
          • Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
        • Production company
          • GEA Cinematográfica
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        • Gross US & Canada
          • $52,148
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 45 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.85 : 1

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