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Dark Habits

Original title: Entre tinieblas
  • 1983
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Dark Habits (1983)
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A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.

  • Director
    • Pedro Almodóvar
  • Writer
    • Pedro Almodóvar
  • Stars
    • Cristina Sánchez Pascual
    • Will More
    • Laura Cepeda
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • Writer
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • Stars
      • Cristina Sánchez Pascual
      • Will More
      • Laura Cepeda
    • 25User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Cristina Sánchez Pascual
    Cristina Sánchez Pascual
    • Yolanda
    • (as Cristina S. Pascual)
    Will More
    Will More
    • Jorge
    • (as Willmore)
    Laura Cepeda
    Laura Cepeda
    • Lina
    Miguel Zúñiga
    • Madero
    • (as Miguel Zuñiga)
    Julieta Serrano
    Julieta Serrano
    • Superiora
    Marisa Paredes
    Marisa Paredes
    • Sor Estiercol
    Mary Carrillo
    Mary Carrillo
    • Marquesa
    • (as Mari Carrillo)
    Carmen Maura
    Carmen Maura
    • Sor Perdida
    Lina Canalejas
    Lina Canalejas
    • Sor Víbora
    Manuel Zarzo
    Manuel Zarzo
    • Capellán
    Chus Lampreave
    Chus Lampreave
    • Sor Rata
    Marisa Tejada
    • Lola
    Eva Siva
    • Antonia
    Cecilia Roth
    Cecilia Roth
    • Merche
    Rubén Tobías
    • Policía
    • (as Ruben Tobias)
    Concha Grégori
    Concha Grégori
    • Sofia
    • (as Concha Gregori)
    Ángel Sánchez Harguindey
    • Periodista
    • (as Angel S. Harguindey)
    Mariela Serrano
    • Espe
    • Director
      • Pedro Almodóvar
    • Writer
      • Pedro Almodóvar
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    cyn_duncan

    definitely worth watching

    This is early Almodovar, and if you've seen his other early films, you know what to expect. If you haven't seen them, then you might be surprised. The film is funny, unpredictable, and endearing in a kinky, warped kind of way. Almodovar's nuns are wonderful characters. With straight faces and looks of piety, they do outrageous things without batting an eye. There are probably many ways to interpret the film, but I think it's about acceptance. We're all "sinners" in one way or another, as the nuns would say, and it's not up to us to judge or condemn other people. The sisters are very forgiving - in fact, they love sinners! - and they create a little haven where marginal people can find shelter. They are eccentric, they do things that mainstream society condemns, but they don't really do any harm to anyone and maybe even help some people find their path in life. This isn't the Catholic Church's idea of what a convent should be like, and I understand that very devout people would be offended by the way Almodóvar treats the subject. Still, he does it in a kind of gentle, good humored way and he offers an alternative vision of religious devotion that can make you laugh if you aren't too uptight about these things. Things don't always make sense, but that's fine, things don't make sense in life sometimes, either. Just sit back and watch, and enjoy the twists and turns.
    jm10701

    Great fun

    Ignore the mediocre reviews. Dark Habits is delightful, no less so than Almodóvar's later, more popular movies. This is not in any way interesting only because it shows how much better he got later. That's absurd.

    This movie is great fun, deadpan, outrageously irreverent but never mean-spirited, affectionate, hilarious but in a subtly low-key way, wildly imaginative and yet gentle and sweet. I loved it. Julieta Serrano as the Mother Superior and Chus Lampreave (who has a larger role than in his later movies) as Sister Alley Rat are especially delightful.
    9maldito-1

    Very unusual, provocative and unpredictable movie

    The very fact that you are going to watch nuns snorting cocaine, and even craving for it, should give you an idea of how far Almodovar went to give an alternative view of what a "convent" is in this movie. I watched it in the original language (Spanish)and found it brilliant and extremely entertaining, a very good concentrate of the "early" Almodovar, with His portrayal of a depraved 80's era in Madrid, and His usual intermingling of stories... Also, the viewer is seldom allowed to know what to expect next, and the whole atmosphere in the movie is just so unconventional... Definitely worth watching, hopefully it doesn't lose too much in English..
    dgs

    Confusing, incoherent and extremely bizarre.

    Maybe the one line summary is wrong, that's the problem with Pedro Almodovar's flick, you don't know what its supposed to be: ironic, satire, parody, black comedy or a serious drama. It's got a lounge singer hiding out in a convent (remember this is a 1983 movie, made way before Sister Act) after her lover ODs. The nuns are former losers, street trash, etc. who are given punishable names like Sister Rat-in-the-Sewer or Sister-Damned and their Mother Superior shoots up heroin. Are they making fun of Catholics or what? Nevertheless, this is a bit funny, while being a little boring. Recommended to the Almodovar/Spanish/foreign fans who shouldn't expect this one to be better than his usual films.
    8contact_charlie

    It's not every day you see a nun on smack

    It's not very often that you can go back this far in a director's career and find a film this good.

    It's sure as hell not sentimental; it's a black comedy - you've got parody, satire and a dark-humour rolled into one.

    There already signs of Almodóvar's skill at film-making, already touches of Almodóvar's trademark whit and humour. It starts out with a girl at a crossroads in her life: on the one hand, a drug fuelled crazy future… the other, the stability of a convent. Or is that the other way round? For those familiar with Almodóvar's films, there are some of the reoccurring themes you'd expect to find, amongst others: prostitution, nuns, drugs, and dealers. More specifically, Dark Habits seems to deal with (to me anyway) a novelist (Almodóvar's film's often touch on creativity/ those involved), the idea of what is good, and along a similar vain, our abilities to turn a new leaf.

    Obviously being in subtitles is going to exclude this for some, but others are whole-heartedly recommended; even if it isn't the best Almodóvar film, I've found it the most enjoyable so far. (I haven't heard a quote better than "I'm Sister Rat of the Sewers. I was keen to meet you" recently.)

    Oh, and look out for the tiger ;-)

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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. Almodóvar has since distanced himself from the film as he felt that he had to bow to commercial considerations.
    • Goofs
      The "Salí porque salí" song is obviously not sung by Yolanda nor the backing vocalists.
    • Quotes

      Superiora: One of the bases of our community is self-mortification and humiliation. That's why we have such bizarre-sounding names: Sister Manure, Sister Rat, Sister Damned, Sister Snake. Man will not be saved until he realizes he is the most despicable being ever created.

    • Connections
      Referenced in El Coleta & Jarfaiter: El Piko 3 (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Salí porque salí
      Written by J. Curiel Alonso

      Arranged by Miguel Morales

      Performed by Sol Pilas

      Edited by Música Latina N.Y. (USA)

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    • Release date
      • October 3, 1983 (Spain)
    • Country of origin
      • Spain
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Entre tinieblas
    • Filming locations
      • Madrid, Spain
    • Production company
      • Tesauro
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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