Juana Inés

This was a great series finally exposing one of the little known literary greats. She was beyond her time and the series appeared to take some creative license with the good possibility she may have a been a lesbian. Her writings elude quite well to this possibility but in the end no one really knows and this is where the show took some creative license. It is entirely possible it could have really happened and I am perfectly okay with that. She trancended her time and I can see the church being sadisticly oppressive during those times. It's great to see a high budget series on Netflix telling her story to the world! Loved this series.

This story is about a person of whom I was not aware until watching it. After viewing, I read several articles on Juana Ines de la Cruz. The details of her life and her relations with those around her are somewhat obscure. Her life seems to still inspire speculation and fabrication of events that may not have happened. However, knowing something of the Roman Church and Spanish Inquisition, and having some understanding of classical learning in the Baroque era, I believe this to be an entirely credible construct of her life, providing some good possibilities for the motivations behind her actions. Now, if you are the type of moralistic Catholic who cannot believe that there are lesbians in convents, or that certain holy monastics have the same urges as others, don't bother watching this one. It is neither like The Song of Bernadette, nor like the splendid Spanish series on the life of Teresa of Avila. The production qualities are sometimes not the best, and I have never much cared for the use of two actresses to play the same character at different ages, but the sheer drama of the story redeems it. The intense psychological aspects of the characters, and the performances of these actors merit the highest praise. The subject matter is so compelling that you cannot stop watching it, and yet it doesn't lend itself to binge watching, because you will need time to absorb what you have just seen in a single episode.

I stumbled upon this series not knowing ab thing about Juana Ines and after watching became fascinated by her life. This tells her story from young girl left by her uncle to the church. Surviving under the hands of a ruthless priest and the church to her death ending in her supreme sacrifice. Thru it all, she fought for what she believed in and persisted. Loved the clothes, music and story and locations. Anyone interested in Frida Kahlo should look up this sister. She had true woman power against the church, spanish machismo, power of educating thru books and hierarchy/ society racism and bigotry.

How sad that they used and abused such a good biopic and made the typical trash of lesbians, and corruption of the Church. You better get a good Biography, instead of wasting your time watching this fantasy. The guidelines for reviews here they say it's 10 lines. I really don't have much to say about this series. I have watched 4 episodes, and instead of getting better, it gets worse. It is sad they wasted so much talent, money and energy to advance the typical Hollywood immorality that they want to impose on every one as "normal". I have read Sor Juana Ines of the Cruz all my life. Biographies, and her poetry. As I said, it is a waste of time, and resources. They could have used the real, true story, and come up with something beautiful. Too bad.

I grew up in Mexico. Studying the life and work of 'Sor Juana' was in the school curriculum. This is a worthy and beautiful portrayal of a genius writer. The producers, writers, etc have done a wonderful job of bringing back to life the beautiful secret that is Sor Juana's life. It is also refreshing to see that she is portrayed as a full human being and not just the 'feminist' caricature that we are often sold at discount rates. I loved everything about this series and will watch it again.