Teresa de Jesús

Saint Teresa of Jesus (Avila) is so beautifully portrayed in this movie, and brings her writings into a brilliant reality. For those who have read her works, you will see her actions lived out along with her spiritual insights. The acting could not be better, it is human and humble. I really enjoyed the true-to-life settings, and language. I am happy to see this series has won awards, and Concha Velasco won my heart over. Her portrayal of this Saint was remarkable due to the ability to convey humility, spiritual depth, holy virtue, love for Jesus Christ, and over the course of time to age in character. The rest of the cast was superb in evoking a love or hate relationship for the viewer because one either will love or hate Saint Teresa of Jesus, and those for or against her strong determination to create the Discalced Carmelite Order that has flourished through-out the world to this day. I highly recommend this to anyone, believer or not. You will be inspired by one woman's courage to follow through, and will never be able to feel self-pity or make excuses you can't do something great with your own life after watching this series.

There really should be more series made for TV just like this one. The world surely needs them.

This series, based on the life of Santa Teresa de Jesús (sometimes called Santa Teresa de Ávila) offers a historically validated account of the times when this mystic nun was setting up monasteries in the deepest depths of the interior of Spain. Excellently prepared settings, both indoors and outdoors, admirably carry forward Concha Velasco in the best performance of her life, ably supported by a magnificent cast.

However, I would prefer you to read my notes on an abbreviated version of this series - Teresa de Jesús (TV) (2003) - with the same cast, recently re-shown on the Spanish State Television (TVE), which should appear on IMDb in a few days.

I have shared this mini-series with many friends and hope that even though it was made in 2003, the producers will bring the series out on DVD.

I am familiar with the story of Teresa, but these details showed what a powerful person she was and how much she had to endure from catty religious. Great presentation. Definitely worth viewing.

This film shows Teresa as a powerful woman in that she is focused and able to get things accomplished. She fought a lot against the authorities of the Order to which she belonged and stood up for what was important to her. Her legacy, even if she hadn't been named a Doctor of the Church, would have put her in the prominent history of the Spanish Church.

This series formed by eight episodes concerns Saint Teresa de Ávila who founded a lot of convents of the Order of Discalced Carmelitas , being very good played by Concha Velasco and a great plethora of secondaries.The series deals with the creating of convents and her struggling against all odds to reform the Order of Carmelites in XVI century, Spain. Teresa was named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI . Along the way she would write several religious works and self-biographic books and would reform the Carmelites order , while seeking God and spiritual peace . His books , which include her autobiography : The life of Teresa de Jesus and her seminal works : The Interior Castle and The way of Perfection are an integral part of Spanish Renaissance as well as Christian mysticism and Christian meditation practices. At the same time his confrontation to the Carmelitas priests and opposition to powerful people as Ana López de Mendoza , Princess Eboli : Patricia Adriani. As it regards her relationships with other nuns : Silvia Munt , Virginia Mataix , Marina Saura, Paloma Cela , Alicia Sanchez and priests as Saint Juan de la Cruz : Emilio Gutiérrez Caba , Father Damian : Tony Isbert , Father Francisco de Borja .After a period of sacrifice and pray in which she embraces a deeper devotion to God and Virgen Maria , she claims to have visions with Jesús , attracting the Inquisition with her biographic writings , all of them in times of Protestant Reform and religious pursue. In the cloister, Teresa suffered greatly from illness , early in her beginnings , as she experienced periods of religious ecstasy through the use of devotional books and prays .Teresa became firmly convinced that Jesús Christ presented himself to her in body form , though invisible , and she equally suffered a brief ascetic ascending.

This is an excellent series , being an inlightful and spectacular portrayal of the greatest religious woman , made in big budget and in which Concha Velasco gives a portentous acting. The series packs a lot of historical remarks , adding important roles of the Spaniard history as San Juan de la Cruz , Francisco De Borja , and Princess of Eboli . It contains an atmospheric and adequate cinematography by Francisco Fraile .Including breathtaking scenarios and great production design by Rafael Palmero. As well as a sensitive and evocative musical score by Jose Nieto.The motion picture was very well directed by Josefina Molina.

Other movies regarding this great figure as historical as religious are the followings : 1962 Teresa de Jesús by Juan de Orduña with Aurora Bautista , Alfredo Mayo , Antonio Duran , José Maria Caffarel , Maria Luz Galicia . Teresa cuerpo de Cristo by Ray Loriga with Paz Vega , Leonor Watling , Geraldine Chaplin , Manuel Moron , Francesc Garrido . Teresa 2015 by Jorge Dorado with Maria Álvarez , Carla Diaz, Terele Pávez , Antonio de la Torre , Aitana Sánchez Girón .

If only the English subtitles could be reviewed and greatly improved upon, this would be a really excellent series on St Teresa of Avila's Way of Perfection but the translation into English for the subtitles is really awful.