Teresa (2023 film)

Teresa is a 2023 drama film directed by Paula Ortiz based on the play La lengua en pedazos by Juan Mayorga starring Blanca Portillo and Greta Fernández as the title character opposite to Asier Etxeandia, the Inquisitor.

The plot follows the dialectic duel between mystic nun Teresa of Ávila and an inquisitor, delving into the former's life memories and beliefs.

[1] The screenplay is an adaptation of Juan Mayorga's play La lengua en pedazos, which was in turn developed by Mayorga upon bits of Teresa of Ávila's El libro de la vida, written by the mystic toward 1588.

[9][10] It also made it to the official selection competition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) for its international premiere.

[11][12] Distributed by BTeam Pictures,[13] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 24 November 2023.