The Convent
by Manoel de Oliveira
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Actor: Catherine Deneuve, Duarte D'Almeida, John Malkovich, Leonor Silveira, Luis Miguel CintraDirector: Manoel de Oliveira
Brand: Lions Gate
Cinematographer: Mario Barroso
Composer: Toshiro Mayuzumi
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Editor: Manoel de Oliveira
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 952 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-03
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of The Convent
Movie Review: Good and evil in ancient Portugal
Summary: 3 Stars
A memorable film, very odd, and more than a little creepy. Interestingly set at an medieval monastery in Portugal, this little fable of good and evil has an opaque plot and relatively slow pace that some will find frustrating.
The monastery has descended into devil-worship, and its leader has strayed from proper reverence for Lucifer. (SPOILER ALERT: THE NEXT SENTENCE EXPLAINS THE UNDERLYING PLOT OF THE FILM.) Catherine Deneuve's character arrives on the scene, and takes care of the problem; she is Satan disciplining a follower. The interest in the film, other than the setting, very atmospheric music, and good acting, is the unexpected way the dark angel appears as an apparently unthreatening woman, and punishes her wayward disciple.
Summary of The Convent
The story centers on the unconventional American professor, Michael Padovic, and his stunningly beautiful wife, Helene, who journey to an eerie Portuguese convent to prove that Shakespeare was, in reality, a Jewish Spaniard. They journey to the spooky old convent of Arrabida where they are housed by the sophisticated, but rather creepy guardian of the monastery, Baltar, who immediately seems attracted to Helene. In order to spend more time with her, Baltar arranges for Michael to spend all his time in the convent's great library; he is assisted by a beautiful young librarian. It is the wicked Baltar who tries to tempt Michael (in the way that Mephistopheles tempted Faust) into becoming immortal through his research and writing.Art House & International DVD Video
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