Entre tinieblas (1983)

Director:

Pedro Almodóvar

Writer:

Pedro Almodóvar (story)

Release Date:

22 March 1984 (Argentina)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.

Plot Keywords:

Convent | Nun | Priest | Singer | Abbess

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Cristina Sánchez Pascual	...	Yolanda Bel
Will More	...	Jorge (as Willmore)
Laura Cepeda	...	Lina
Miguel Zúñiga	...	Madero
Julieta Serrano	...	Abadesa Julia
Marisa Paredes	...	Sor Estiércol
Mary Carrillo	...	Marquesa
Carmen Maura	...	Sor Perdida
Lina Canalejas	...	Sor Víbora
Manuel Zarzo	...	Cura
Chus Lampreave	...	Sor Rata de Callejón
Marisa Tejada	...	Lola
Eva Siva	...	Antonia
Cecilia Roth	...	Merche
Rubén Tobías	...	Policía

Also Known As:

Dark Habits
Dark Hideout

Runtime:

114 min | Finland:96 min (25 fps) (DVD)

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Colour:

Colour (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:MA (TV rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | Hong Kong:IIB | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Tesauro S.A.

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

Quotes:

Sor Estiércol: [as she is eating a piece of cake] Eating this is like taking communion. Jesus appeared to me while I was making it; He offered me his wounds to suck, like a swallow.
Sor Rata de Callejón: That's called a hallucination!

Movie Connections:

References My Fair Lady (1964)

Soundtrack:

Suck It to Me

it's all about trust

Unfortunately it has been taking a wrong interpretation in the comments in this site. It's like "Via Lactea" from the top director Bunuel. The surrealistc way that Almodovar treats the nuns is like a "tapa na cara" of the catholic church... It's a film about trust, about perseverance. Like somebody saying: "You don't have to be afraid, nobody have the power to judge you, the intolerance is the home of the unfortune". The drugs trip of Marisa Paredes trip is similar Peter Fonda's trip in the Roger Corman's "The Trip"(1972 ?). Carmen Maura and her Tiger are lovely (I love that bongo!!!) "Dark Habits" (Maus Habitos, here in Brasil) is a very very good film.Oh, I was forgetting Chus Lampreave doing the erotic writer (like Marisa Paredes in "Flower of My Secret"), I think she is just GREAT !!!! ENJOY IT !!! DON'T BE AFRAID !!! (Excuses for my mistakes .... and if someone want to discuss, write me a e-mail)