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Dark Habits

1983 · 100 min

A wildly eccentric black comedy that feels like a chaotic, irreverent soap opera, mixing outrageous humor with unexpected tenderness.

Overview
After her drug pusher boyfriend overdoses on heroin, a cabaret singer finds refuge from the authorities in a convent for fallen women.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • addiction
  • identity
  • obsession
  • found family
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour7
Realism5
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Pedro Almodóvar
Written by
Pedro Almodóvar
Starring
Cristina Sánchez Pascual, Will More, Laura Cepeda, Miguel Zúñiga, Julieta Serrano, Marisa Paredes, Mary Carrillo, Carmen Maura
Cinematography
Ángel Luis Fernández
Runtime
100 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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