Dark Habits (1983)

Original title

Entre tinieblas

Directed by

Pedro Almodóvar

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 210 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cabaret singer hides from the police in a convent run by eccentric nuns. The nuns have unusual habits and the convent becomes an odd haven for the singer.

darkly comicquirkymelancholicbittersweetcampyoffbeatunsettlingwhimsical

What happens

Dark Habits (Spanish: Entre tinieblas) is a 1983 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Julieta Serrano, Marisa Paredes and Chus Lampreave. The plot follows a cabaret singer who finds refuge in a convent of eccentric nuns, while the film is an exploration of the anachronistic situation of institutionalized religion in contemporary Spanish society. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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