Directed by:
María Luisa BembergScreenplay:
Antonio LarretaCinematography:
Félix MontiCast:
Assumpta Serna, Dominique Sanda, Héctor Alterio, Cecilia Roth, Lautaro Murúa, Rosario Bléfari, Hugo Soto, Guillermo Marín, Jesús Berenguer, Alejandro Maci (more)Plots(1)
Set in a magnificent recreation of 17th Century Mexico and based on a true story, I, THE WORST OF ALL is the portrait of a brilliant and beautiful poet, Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna), who enters the convent to pursue her love of writing and goes on to gain international renown as one of the best poets in the Golden Age of Spanish poetry. However, this is the height of the Inquisition and her intellectual prowess soon leads to clashes with the Archbishop of Mexico (Lautaro Murua).
Sister Juana is protected only by the beautiful new Vicereine (Dominique Sanda), who befriends and shelters Sister Juana, while simultaneously becoming her erotic muse. The very existence of their friendship flouts convention, but as long as the Viceroy's tour of duty lasts, Sister Juana is safe.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Assumpta Serna
Spain
Best movies:
Sharpe's Enemy (1994) (TV movie)
Henry VIII (2003) (TV movie)
Sharpe's Company (1994) (TV movie)
Dominique Sanda
France
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Navire Night (1979)
Héctor Alterio
Argentina
Best movies:
Cria! (1976)
The Official Story (1985)
Noviembre (2003)
Cecilia Roth
Argentina
Best movies:
All About My Mother (1999)
Talk to Her (2002)
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
Lautaro Murúa
Chile
Best movies:
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1982)
Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975)
Cerro Torre Scream of Stone (1991)
Rosario Bléfari
Argentina
Best movies:
Silvia Prieto (1999)
Hugo Soto
Argentina
Best movies:
Man Facing Southeast (1986)
Guillermo Marín
Spain
Best movies:
The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
The Court of the Pharaoh (1985)
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
Jesús Berenguer
Morocco
Best movies:
Paco's Men (2005) (series)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
The Great Vazquez (2010)
Margarita Padín
Argentina
Walter Soubrie
Argentina
Franklin Caicedo
Chile
Gerardo Romano
Argentina
Best movies:
Maradona: Blessed Dream (2021) (series)
La fuga (2001)
The Summit (2017)