The Confessions of Amans (1977) is an American 16mm drama film directed by Gregory Nava and written by Nava and his then newly wed wife Anna Thomas.
The picture was partly funded by the American Film Institute.
This costume drama, set in medieval Spain, is about an itinerant student of philosophy hired by an uneducated Lord to tutor his wife.
Soon, the newly employed teacher tragically falls in love with his student.
The film was produced in Spai...
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The Confessions of Amans (1977) is an American 16mm drama film directed by Gregory Nava and written by Nava and his then newly wed wife Anna Thomas.
The picture was partly funded by the American Film Institute.
This costume drama, set in medieval Spain, is about an itinerant student of philosophy hired by an uneducated Lord to tutor his wife.
Soon, the newly employed teacher tragically falls in love with his student.
The film was produced in Spain and made on an estimated shoestring budget of $24,000 according to Roger Ebert. Nava used English stage performers for a cast. And, Nava and Thomas, in order to save money, used costumes and props left over from Samuel Bronston's El Cid said Vincent Canby. Film locations include castles of ancient Segovia, Spain.
The Confessions of Amans was first presented in 1976 at the Chicago International Film Festival. Later in a limited release the film opened in New York, New York on November 17, 1977.
Vincent Canby, film critic for The New York...
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