O Convento

Infobox Film
name = The Convent (O Convento)


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director = Manoel de Oliveira
producer = Paulo Branco
writer = Manoel de Oliveira
starring = Catherine Deneuve
John Malkovich
music = Krishna Levy
cinematography = Mario Barroso
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distributor = Strand Releasing
released = 1995
runtime = 90 min.
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language = French
English
Portuguese
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imdb_id = 0112716

"The Convent" (original Portuguese title: "O Convento") is a film by Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, starring Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich and based on the novel "As Terras Do Risco" by Agustina Bessa-Luís.

Plot Summary

The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the documents needed to prove his theory: Shakespeare was born in Spain, not in England. The Main characters arrive at the convent, where they are greeted by an enigmatic stranger to refers to himself as Baltar. He is the keeper of the convent. Other characters there include a fisherman, the beautiful bookkeper who is attracted to Dr. Padovic's work, and an elderly man who goes by the name of Balthazar.