Dark Habits
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| Dark Habits | |
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| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Written by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Starring | Cristina Sánchez Pascual Julieta Serrano Marisa Paredes Carmen Maura Chus Lampreave |
| Release date(s) | 1983 (Spain) May 6, 1988 (USA) |
| Running time | 114 Min |
| Language | Spanish |
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Dark Habits (Spanish: Entre tinieblas) is a black comedy from director Pedro Almodóvar. It is set in a convent where nuns are sadomasochistic lesbians that push and take drugs, write erotic novels, raise a tiger in the back garden, and idolize the greatest sinners of history.
[edit] Plot
Academy Award winner Pedro Almodóvar's irreverent and biting comedy focuses on Yolanda (Cristina S. Pascual), a nightclub singer and junkie. When her boyfriend accidentally dies from a drug overdose, she decides it is better to hide out than face the cops who are looking for her. She winds up at a convent that specializes in saving women from the street. However, this is not your average group of nuns... the off-beat sisters include a heroin using abbess who is in love with Yolanda, a soft-core romance novelist and another who is raising tigers in the convent yard. When the nuns face the possibility of their convent closing, they throw a final and extravagant party starring Yolanda to try to persuade their wealthy patron not to abandon them.
[edit] Other Versions
The early Italian version was heavily cut, while a recent DVD from RaroVideo includes the deleted scenes.
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