The Confessions of Amans
The Confessions of Amans is a 1977 American 16-mm drama film directed by Gregory Nava and written by Nava and his wife Anna Thomas. The picture was partly funded by the American Film Institute. Plot In medieval Spain, an itinerant student of philosophy is hired by an uneducated lord to tutor his wife, but the student falls in love with her. Production The film was produced in Spain and on an estimated budget of $24,000, according to Roger Ebert. Nava used English stage performers. To conserve money, Nava and Thomas used costumes and props remaining from Samuel Bronston's El Cid. Film locations included the castles of ancient Segovia, Spain. Cast William Bryan as Amans Michael St. John as Absalom Susannah MacMillan as Anne Leon Liberman as Arnolfo Feliciano Ituero Bravo as Nicholas Stephen Bateman as Landlord Release The Confessions of Amans was first presented in 1976 at the Chicago International Film Festival. The film opened in a limited theatrical release in New York on November 17, 1977. Reception Critical response The New York Times film critic Vincent Canby wrote: "The Confessions of Amans was a very beautiful film, though not an especially pretty one, a chilly, tightly disciplined tale of