The Convent

Name: The Convent
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Released: 1995-09-06
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Rating: 5.321
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira, João Bénard da Costa

1995

1h 31m

Mystery Drama

Director: Manoel de Oliveira

Writers: Manoel de Oliveira, Agustina Bessa-Luís

Overview

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.