The Convent
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Manoel De Oliveira
Heloisa Miranda
Catherine Deneuve
Duarte De Almeida
Leonor Silveira
Gilberto Goncalves
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Professor Michael Padovic is working on a thesis to prove that Shakespeare was of Spanish, not British, ancestry. He and his wife, Helene, travel from their home in Paris to the ancient convent of Arrabida, on the Portuguese coast, where the professor suspects certain essential documents are stored. Their host at the convent is the unsettling guardian, Baltar. Baltar is captivated by the mysterious Helene, and suggests that the professor employ the convent's new archivest, Piedade, as his assistant, so as to divert the professor's attentions from Helene. Baltar's plotting, and Helene's own subtle manipulation, makes the tense situation increasingly bizarre, culminating in a chilling conclusion.
Director
Manoel De Oliveira
Cast
Heloisa Miranda
Catherine Deneuve
Duarte De Almeida
Leonor Silveira
Gilberto Goncalves
Luis Miguel Cintra
John Malkovich
Crew
Mário Barroso
Agustina Bessa-luis
Isabel Branco
Paulo Branco
Ze Branco
Joao Canijo
Manoel De Oliveira
Manoel De Oliveira
Valerie Loiseleux
Jean-paul Mugel
Ana Vaz Da Silva
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States December 8, 1995
Released in United States July 1995
Released in United States May 1995
Released in United States on Video August 27, 1996
Released in United States September 1995
Released in United States Winter December 1, 1995
Re-released in United States on Video September 23, 1997
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 17-28, 1995.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 29 - October 15, 1995.
Shown at Taormina Film Festival July 28-30, 1995.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 7-16, 1995.
Formerly distributed by Orion Home Video (video-USA).
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 29 - October 15, 1995.)
Released in United States May 1995 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 17-28, 1995.)
Released in United States July 1995 (Shown at Taormina Film Festival July 28-30, 1995.)
Released in United States on Video August 27, 1996
Released in United States September 1995 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 7-16, 1995.)
Re-released in United States on Video September 23, 1997
Released in United States Winter December 1, 1995
Released in United States December 8, 1995 (Quad Cinema; New York City)
