Dark Habits

1983
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Dark Habits
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Title: Dark Habits

Original Title: Entre tinieblas

Year: 1983

Info

  • Country: Spain
  • Length: 99 Minutes (1 hour 39 min)
  • Genre: Comedy Drama
  • Studios: Tesauro S.A.
  • Distributor: Alta Films
  • Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)

Release Dates

  • UK: August 31 1990

Plot

When her boyfriend dies from an overdose, Yolanda decides to run away out of fear of the police. She abandons her life as a singer in a trashy bar and hides in the nunnery of the Humiliated Redeemers, ruled by some unusual nuns who dedicate their lives to rescuing women from the streets and who adopt names of contempt. Yolanda will meet the most extravagant characters. Due to the economic problems that the convent faces because of its dark past of murder and prostitution, each nun tries to find a way to escape: the abbess is a heroin addict; sister Lost is raising a tiger in the cloisters; sister Rat in the Alley writes novels under a pseudonym; sister Manure has divine visions due to the LSD effects of her pastries; and sister Viper designs some strange clothing for the images of the Saints in the convent. With the arrival of Yolanda, all these women will unite in order to convince the patron of the convent not to abandon them through a musical extravaganza in the abbess's birthday.

Cast

Director:

Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar

Eva Siva

Eva Siva

Antonia

Julieta Serrano

Julieta Serrano

Superiora

Marisa Paredes

Marisa Paredes

Sor Estiércol

Carmen Maura

Carmen Maura

Sor Perdida

Mary Carrillo

Mary Carrillo

Marquesa

Lina Canalejas

Lina Canalejas

Sor Víbora

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Trivia

Pedro Almodóvar's first film to have a proper producer and be made for a proper film company, rather than be made on the hoof like his previous projects.

Alicia Hermida was offered the role of Sor Rata de Callejón, but her schedule didn't allowed her to do it. When Pedro Almodóvar knew this, he gave the part to Chus Lampreave, who previously had a smaller role.

Almodóvar has since distanced himself from the film as he felt that he had to bow to commercial considerations.

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