He returned to directing with El hombre que supo amar (The Man Who Knew Love) (1976) a biopic of John of God that was produced by the saint's religious order which also backed the film's distribution.
The pomegranate symbol was chosen by the Sisters of St John of God to reflect the order’s patron Saint, John of God, who ministered to the sick and poor in the Spanish town of Granada – ‘pomegranate’ in Spanish – in the early 16th century.
The Man Who Knew Love (Spanish: El hombre que supo amar) is a 1976 Spanish historical / biographical film based on the life of San Juan de Dios (Saint John of God).
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