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Dark Habits (1984)

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Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 4  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.1/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Synopsis: This incredibly bizarre film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar follows Yolanda (Cristina Sánchez Pascual), a heroin-dealing nightclub singer who hides out in a convent after a deal goes bad and she becomes wanted by both the law and rival gangs. The mother superior of the convent (Julieta... This incredibly bizarre film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar follows Yolanda (Cristina Sánchez Pascual), a heroin-dealing nightclub singer who hides out in a convent after a deal goes bad and she becomes wanted by both the law and rival gangs. The mother superior of the convent (Julieta Serrano) is a fan of Yolanda's singing and a lesbian heroin user, so before long she and Yolanda start shooting up together. Another of the nuns (Marisa Paredes) takes LSD and hallucinates encounters with Jesus; another (Chus Lampreave) writes trashy romance novels under a pseudonym. There's also a pet tiger in the garden and a dope-smoking priest. When the convent's main benefactor dies and his rich widow cuts off their contributions, the nuns get together to try to raise money to support their habits. Facing the closing of the convent and the arrival of the stoic, dour head mother, the crazed nuns throw a final party at which Yolanda sings a provocative song to her heartbroken mother superior. This gleefully blasphemous farce would make an interesting double bill with Whoopi Goldberg's SISTER ACT, which came out years later. Cecilia Roth (star of ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER) has a small role as one of the mother superior's former lovers. [More]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Cristina Sánchez Pascual, Julieta Serrano, Marisa Paredes, Carmen Maura, Chus Lampreave

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

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Sep 9, 2003

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01/26/06
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4.5/5

It's hard to imagine how it could be any more Almodovar-esque than it is.

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05/16/07
Ken Hanke
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Jake Euker
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06/30/05
Emanuel Levy
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Plenty of premise but little payoff.

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05/03/05
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
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Philip Martin
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11/24/04
Matt Bailey
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far drearier and lifeless than Almodóvar's best films

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11/29/03
John A. Nesbit
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