The Monk (1990)
January 17, 1990Release Date
The Monk (1990)
January 17, 1990Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Paul McGann
Father Lorenzo Rojas
Sophie Ward
Matilde de la Venegas
Isla Blair
Mother Agueda
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Sister Ines
Freda Dowie
Sister Ursula
Francisco Lara Polop
Director
Laura Davenport
Doña Elvira Dauphin
Sophie Linfield
Angela Dauphin
Matthew Lewis
Writer
Matthew Lewis
Writer
Muir Sutherland
Producer
Manuel de Blas
Inquisitor
Mark Elstob
Ramon de Medeira
Antón García Abril
Composer
Marina Saura
Jacinta
Ángel Luis Fernández
Cinematographer
José Luis Matesanz
Editor
Luis Hostalot
Captain
Suzanne Bertish
Sister Mariana
Pepa Sarsa
Sister Camila
Fulgencio Saturno
Father Pablo
Gaspar Cano
Antonio
Manuel Pereiro
Prior
Concha Hidalgo
Nun
Luis Maluenda
Spokesman
Stuart Sutherland
Lucas
Javier Serrano
Novice
Lorenzo Collado
Exorcist
Gumersindo Andrés
Production Design
Juan Sánchez Castro
Property Master
Details.
Wiki.
The Monk (also known as The Final Temptation or The Seduction of a Priest) is a 1990 historical drama film directed by Francisco Lara Polop and starring Paul McGann and Sophie Ward. Based on the 1796 Gothic novel The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis, it was adapted for the screen by Polop, and employs the common depiction of the 18th century representing “the stately, the lavish, the sensuous, and even the lubricious.” In this way, The Monk can be seen as a heritage film, in which “the past is delivered as a museum of sounds and images, an iconographic display,” though these films are sometimes discredited as attempts to “transform the past into a series of commodities for the entertainment market.” The film was Lara Polop's last as a director, and continues the themes of eroticism and horror found throughout his works.