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Teresa de Jesús (1962; Dir. Juan de Orduña)
Teresa de Jesús (1962; Dir. Juan de Orduña) from Teresa de Jesús (1962)

A Franco-era adaptation of St. Teresa of Avila’s life includes a modified version of the famous transverberation episode.

Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007; Dir. Ray Loriga): Scene 3
Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007; Dir. Ray Loriga): Scene 3 from Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007)

Narration of transverberation to ecclesiastics

Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007; Dir. Ray Loriga): Scene 1
Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007; Dir. Ray Loriga): Scene 1 from Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007)

Teresa in red dress with lances

Teresa Teresa (2003; Dir. Rafael Gordon):
Teresa Teresa (2003; Dir. Rafael Gordon): from Teresa Teresa (2003)

This film is unique as it explores Teresa of Avila’s life through the format of a 21st-century television talk show in which the saint appears as a guest in the form of a virtual image.

Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007; Dir. Ray Loriga): Scene 2
Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007; Dir. Ray Loriga): Scene 2 from Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007)

Teresa in trance with angel

St. Teresa of Avila (1983; Dir. Josefina Molina)
St. Teresa of Avila (1983; Dir. Josefina Molina) from St. Teresa of Avila (1983)

This eight-part post-Franco television mini-series includes the iconic vision of the transverberation but without portraying the actual episode (a small angel with enflamed arrow piercing Teresa’s heart).