Entre tinieblas
1982 - Spain
Director
Pedro Almodovar
Starring
Julieta Serrano, Marisa Paredes, Carmen Maura, Chus Lampreave
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This is bitchy, hilarious, and ultimately nearly brought me to tears — who can do all these things as well as Almodovar? His nuns are hardcore drug addicts, tiger tamers and romance novelists; at the film’s core (Julieta Serrano rightfully owns this movie), his Mother Superior admires and wants to be one of her troubled girls, and seethes with barely restrained lesbian desire. In Almodovar’s hands, Catholic satire is wilder than most but far from shrill — above all, it is purely enjoyable.
I’ll be honest, though: I love this movie because I’m in the mood to love this movie. It is not Almo’s most successful narrative. I would probably recommend it to few…
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