Summary: Who but Pedro Almodóvar would make a movie in which a nightclub singer named Yolanda, whose boyfriend has died from a heroin overdose, hides from the police in a nunnery--only to discover that the nuns have more perverse lifestyles than her own? The nuns of "Dark Habits" use drugs, write lurid pulp novels, design high-fashion habits, and keep a tiger in their courtyard. Yolanda (Cristina Sanchez Pascual) gets caught up in the head nun's scheme to regain the patronage of a wealthy noblewoman, but betrayal, illicit love, and a campy musical number are waiting in the wings. "Dark Habits" features Almodóvar regulars Carmen Maura and Marisa Paredes, as well as a bit part by Cecelia Roth of "All About My Mother". Fans of Almodóvar's magnificent later films (like "Habla Con Ella" (Talk to Her)) may find "Dark Habits" a bit thin, but it offers its own charms and comic delights. "--Bret Fetzer"
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(1983)
