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• Actors: DEMIAN BICHIR, LUIS DE ICAZA, JUAN DIEGO BOTTO, TERE LƓPEZ-TARƍN como MARIA, ANA TORRENT
• Directors: henner Hoffman
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Navarre Corporation
• DVD Release Date: February 12, 2008
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0010W4D5A
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #124,096 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Maria Inés, una bella inteligente mestiza, hija de un duque espan ol que vive en un monasterio, en la fascinante época de la América Española. Su padre es uno de los principales benefactores de la misión, esto hace que goce de una libertad inusual. Pero su inteligencia y belleza se vuelven en su contra, cunado su pasión por la ciencia se convierte en un problema.
Maria Ines, is a beautiful and intelligent mestiza, daughter of a Spanish duke who lives in a monastery, in the majestic times of the Spanish America. She possesses an unusual freedom due to the fact that her father is one of the main benefactors of the mission. Suddenly her life changes completely when her love of science was no longer admissible.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for lovers of Mexican film., September 29, 2009

By	Alfredo R. Villanueva (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This stunning film by Eduardo Rosoff is actually the companion piece for "I, the Worst of All", and I cannot fathom why it has not been talked about more often. It takes place a century prior to Sor Juana's story, and it exposes the darker side both of the Spanish Conquest and of the Catholic Church. A beautiful mestizo girl, Maria Ines, has been left in a mixed monastery by her nobleman father. She is allowed to wear lay clothing and to indulge in her passion for science, all of which attracts the envy of both priests and one paticular nun. When her father dies, retribution for her superior intelligence is swift. Finally, she leaves all her money to the prior so he can build his dream cathedral, and goes back to her mother's people. The prior is poisoned by his second-in-command, who harbors an obsessive hatred for Ana Maria. Meanwhile, she realizes that the Indians are being exterminated by the Spaniards, who give them clothing contaminated with measles, and decides to fight them.

She is then joined by several of the nuns, including her former enemy, Clara. The new prior decides to exterminate her, kidnaps her, has her tried as a witch and burned at the stake. Clara is stabbed by a soldier and falls into the pyre to die with her friend. The two men who have loved Ana Maria return to the monastery to kill the prior, but he has already been poisoned by an older nun, who had discovered his treachery.

Tere Lopez Tarin delivers a powerhouse performance as Ana Marķa, supported by Ana Torrent as Clara, Juan Diego Botto as Father Demian and Luis de Icaza as The Evil Prior. Ideal for classroom use!