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Dark Habits (1983)
description written by member Ben:
The leading character is Yolanda, a nightclub singer and junkie who seeks refuge at the Humiliated Redeemers Shelter after her boyfriend ODs and she finds herself on the run. Furthermore, the nuns whom she discovers there are not your typical cinematic order. They're named Sister Manure, Sister Sin and the like. They keep a full grown tiger in the garden. The Mother General is believed to be dying but is in fact a heroin addict. And another pens trash literature with titles such as Out of Here, Swine! and Secretaries Cry Too.
| Running Time: | 114 minutes |
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I am an Almodovar fan, but even I did not fully appreciate this film. It was like Sister Act without all the singing.
When a prostitute has to escape after her lover dies from an overdose she provided to him, she naturally goes to this cloister. Why not? She fits right in with dope users, heroin addicts,...
(complete Dark Habits review by Movie Addict)
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