Entre tinieblas
Pedro Almodóvar
Young singer Yolanda Bell takes refuge in the convent of the Humiliated Redeemers following the death of her friend Jorge of a heroin overdose. She is joyfully received and the Mother Superior admits her admiration. Little by little a destructive relationship is established between the sinner and the saviour.
With : Cristina Pascual, Julieta Serrano, Marisa Paredes, Carmen Maura, Chus Lampreave
Screenplay : Pedro Almodóvar
Image : Ángel Luis Fernández
Sound : Martin Müller
Editing : José Salcedo
Decors : Román Arango, Pin Morales
Screenplay : Pedro Almodóvar
Image : Ángel Luis Fernández
Sound : Martin Müller
Editing : José Salcedo
Decors : Román Arango, Pin Morales
Production : Tesauro S.A.
Distribution: Tamasa Distribution
http://www.tamasadiffusion.com/
Distribution: Tamasa Distribution
http://www.tamasadiffusion.com/
Entre tinieblas (Dark Habits) is Almodóvar's first “well produced” film. He reveals his sentimental side sooner than we think. The shady world of Madrid night-life is no longer a party but death and a dramatic overdose opens the film. It is true that the story is somewhat provocative, as it focuses on nuns, with improbable names such as Sister Lost or Sister Sordid, who take in victims of all kinds of vice. But the arrival of Yolanda crystallises the passions of these women with curious occupation. Grace goes side by side with the obscene and fantasy mingles with deep melancholy. There is something of Buñuel in the portrayal of the theatricalised masochism of a religion incapable of accepting what I claims to defend the most: love.