La leyenda del cura de Bargota
- Episode aired Jan 1, 1989
- 1h 30m
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6.3/10
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A good TV film with decent production design and evocative setting in Castilian and Extremaduran locations.
A mystical and mysterious film starring Fernando Guillén Cuervo about a priest from a small town who is rumored to be an envoy of the devil. It begins a long time ago, the Sorguiñas sect existed in Navarra. One of them gave birth to a child of the devil. In 16th century Navarre, a woman (Encarna Paso) belonging to a sect gives birth to what seems to be the son of the devil. The little boy grows up and, after studying in Salamanca, where Juan (Fernando Guillén Cuervo) frequented a cave together with the student Sinógenes (Jaume Valls), but then things go wrong. Juan returns to his homeland, working as a priest in the town of Bargota. Shortly after settling in, deaths begin to occur in the place and some locals begin to suspect him. His strange behavior makes the parishioners distrust him. Then he is arrested and tried. So much so that the court of the holy inquisition will study the case with its macabre methods.
An acceptable story about demons, God and magic with a great cast, an atmospheric setting and excessively scenic trials. A historical fiction full of satanism, demonology and witchcraft as well as touches of horror. The film has disturbing scenes, full of witchcraft with small orgies and dances with naked people, as well as parties on the night of Saint John, horrible torture, burning poles and various other things.
Suspense, Santeria and occultism about a young man who went to study in Salamanca, and returned to his land, serving as a priest in the town of Bargota. An entertaining film of demonology and witchcraft, although somewhat slow, with abundant sensational scenes and a provocative style. The film shows a strong criticism against the Spanish Inquisition and the inquisitors who traveled throughout the country judging, torturing and condemning heresy and witchcraft suspects, as well as experts in the arts of necromancy and arresting and torturing to extract 'confessions'. And being supposedly based on real events that occurred at the end of the 16th century. Pedro Olea ("The Fencing Master", "The Day I Was Born") directs this period television film. The cast is made up of Fernando Guillén Cuervo ("Boca a Boca", "The Bilingual Lover"), Lola Forner ("The Family, Well Thank You", "Lisístrata"), Jaume Valls ("Lucrecia", "Adosados") and Mabel Ordóñez ("La estanquera de Vallecas", "Don't complicate life for me") and a special appearance by Raf Vallone as Alexander VI, the Borgia Pope, whose assassination attempt by poisoning is thwarted by Juan.
This film bears a certain similarity, dealing with equivalent themes, to the one also directed by Pedro Olea: ¨Akellare¨(1984), the latter set in 1595, in the Araiz Valley, where this film was filmed, where an ¨Auto De Faith¨ and ¨witch hunt¨, in which some women were tried for witchcraft practices. Olea describes a cultural clash, the Castilian Catholic and the primitive Basque.
The film was convincingly written by Pedro Olea and Juan Antonio Porto and based on ancient legends and books by Julio Cáro Baroja. Olea gives knowledge about the Inquisition, demonology and witchcraft, even about the ¨Fornicarius¨ and the ¨Flower Garden¨ of Torquemada that the devil and the Sabbath are the same and particularly ¨The Malleus Malleficarum¨ which may be the bloodiest book of the history of humanity.
This TV film belongs to a series: ¨Sabbath¨, being a European co-production in six episodes filmed in 1989, these are: ¨The Legend of the Priest of Bargota¨, ¨La luna negra¨, ¨María la loba¨, ¨Anna Goldin, the last witch¨, ¨The mask of the devil¨, and ¨The curse of María Alva¨.
IT was professionally and competently directed by Pedro Olea. His first film was ¨Days of Old Color¨. Subsequently, for six years, Pedro Olea dedicated himself to advertising and documentaries such as "Guernica", "Río de Bilbao" and television series such as "Cuentos y Leyendas" and others with Basque themes. With "A man called Autumn Flower", Pedro Olea returns to filming, thanks to a subsidy from the Basque government. Subsequently, he made a trilogy about Madrid: "Tormento", "Pim Pam Pum Fuego" and "La Corea". But his biggest hits were "A Man Called Flor de Autum" with José Sacristán and "Maestro de Esgrima" with Asumpta Serna. He also directed "Bandera Negra" about weapons smuggling and a military thriller: "Morirás en Chafarinas." And Olea made three films surrounding horror: "La Leyenda del Cura de Bargota" and "Akelarre" and "El Bosque del Lobo" (1970), the latter being considered one of the best films of his prestigious career. And ¨Beyond the Garden¨ with the recently deceased Concha Velasco. Rating: 6/10.
An acceptable story about demons, God and magic with a great cast, an atmospheric setting and excessively scenic trials. A historical fiction full of satanism, demonology and witchcraft as well as touches of horror. The film has disturbing scenes, full of witchcraft with small orgies and dances with naked people, as well as parties on the night of Saint John, horrible torture, burning poles and various other things.
Suspense, Santeria and occultism about a young man who went to study in Salamanca, and returned to his land, serving as a priest in the town of Bargota. An entertaining film of demonology and witchcraft, although somewhat slow, with abundant sensational scenes and a provocative style. The film shows a strong criticism against the Spanish Inquisition and the inquisitors who traveled throughout the country judging, torturing and condemning heresy and witchcraft suspects, as well as experts in the arts of necromancy and arresting and torturing to extract 'confessions'. And being supposedly based on real events that occurred at the end of the 16th century. Pedro Olea ("The Fencing Master", "The Day I Was Born") directs this period television film. The cast is made up of Fernando Guillén Cuervo ("Boca a Boca", "The Bilingual Lover"), Lola Forner ("The Family, Well Thank You", "Lisístrata"), Jaume Valls ("Lucrecia", "Adosados") and Mabel Ordóñez ("La estanquera de Vallecas", "Don't complicate life for me") and a special appearance by Raf Vallone as Alexander VI, the Borgia Pope, whose assassination attempt by poisoning is thwarted by Juan.
This film bears a certain similarity, dealing with equivalent themes, to the one also directed by Pedro Olea: ¨Akellare¨(1984), the latter set in 1595, in the Araiz Valley, where this film was filmed, where an ¨Auto De Faith¨ and ¨witch hunt¨, in which some women were tried for witchcraft practices. Olea describes a cultural clash, the Castilian Catholic and the primitive Basque.
The film was convincingly written by Pedro Olea and Juan Antonio Porto and based on ancient legends and books by Julio Cáro Baroja. Olea gives knowledge about the Inquisition, demonology and witchcraft, even about the ¨Fornicarius¨ and the ¨Flower Garden¨ of Torquemada that the devil and the Sabbath are the same and particularly ¨The Malleus Malleficarum¨ which may be the bloodiest book of the history of humanity.
This TV film belongs to a series: ¨Sabbath¨, being a European co-production in six episodes filmed in 1989, these are: ¨The Legend of the Priest of Bargota¨, ¨La luna negra¨, ¨María la loba¨, ¨Anna Goldin, the last witch¨, ¨The mask of the devil¨, and ¨The curse of María Alva¨.
IT was professionally and competently directed by Pedro Olea. His first film was ¨Days of Old Color¨. Subsequently, for six years, Pedro Olea dedicated himself to advertising and documentaries such as "Guernica", "Río de Bilbao" and television series such as "Cuentos y Leyendas" and others with Basque themes. With "A man called Autumn Flower", Pedro Olea returns to filming, thanks to a subsidy from the Basque government. Subsequently, he made a trilogy about Madrid: "Tormento", "Pim Pam Pum Fuego" and "La Corea". But his biggest hits were "A Man Called Flor de Autum" with José Sacristán and "Maestro de Esgrima" with Asumpta Serna. He also directed "Bandera Negra" about weapons smuggling and a military thriller: "Morirás en Chafarinas." And Olea made three films surrounding horror: "La Leyenda del Cura de Bargota" and "Akelarre" and "El Bosque del Lobo" (1970), the latter being considered one of the best films of his prestigious career. And ¨Beyond the Garden¨ with the recently deceased Concha Velasco. Rating: 6/10.
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