DARK HABITS (1983) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Pedro Almodovar
Cristina Sanchez Pascual, Marisa Parades, Carmen Maura,
Lina Carnalejas, Chus Lampreave, Julieta Serrano
After her boyfriend ODs on some bad heroin, a nightclub singer takes refuge in an unconventional convent, where the nuns have names like Sister Rat, Sister Damned, Sister Manure and Sister Snake. Early Almodovar, a sacrilegious comedy in the manner of Luis Buñuel. (I wonder if Luis and Pedro were both altar boys.) Carmen Maura, who plays Sister Damned (the one with the pet tiger) would become Almodovar's favorite leading lady in the years ahead.
