The Convent (1995)
- Original title
- O Convento
- Directed by
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Genre
- drama film, mystery film, psychological drama
- Country
- France, Portugal
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 28 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A professor and his wife arrive on a remote Portuguese island for research. Their stay at a convent run by a peculiar couple leads to unsettling psychological shifts.
mysteriouscontemplativedeliberatecerebralatmosphericuneasyslow-pacedenigmatic
What happens
The Convent (Portuguese: O Convento) is a 1995 mystery drama film by Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, starring Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich and is inspired by an original idea by Agustina Bessa-Luís in her novel As terras do risco. It was entered into the main competition of the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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