When the convent is about to be closed and the nuns are dispersed, one of the sisters comes up with a saving idea that can restore the community’s well-being. This 1985 Spanish film reveals one of the many terrible aspects of 16th century Spain, still plagued by the radical Christian Inquisition, one of a plethora of difficulties Spaniards faced at the time.
Tag: 1980s
A videotaped production of the Frederick Knott play in which three criminals play an elaborate scam on a blind woman who is in possession of a doll that, unbeknownst to her, is very incriminating. The play had already been famously adapted for the screen in 1967 starring Audrey Hepburn. This 1982 version was frequently shown on HBO in the 1980s.
The story is about Roger Cunningham and his unpleasant British wife Valerie Cunningham they have been married for ten years, and Edwin and Philipa for seven. During that time they spent every social hour together, But each is living a Double life. When camping one weekend, the four get stranded. Arguments arise, and secrets begin coming out: accusations of affairs, marriages of convenience, and homosexuality (all are shown in flashbacks).
The Swedish 19th century engineer S. A. Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, “The Eagle”, takes off from Svalbard in 1897, but the three men are not heard of again.
Othello, the Black Commando involves an international Red Cross column wiped out as it proceeds to Tubesti, Africa, a remote region where both war and a viral epidemic have broken out. Dr. Desdemona Ferguson, the daughter of an influential United States Senator, tries to pull all her strings to Washington in order to obtain help and protection for her stranded group.
An attorney finds himself at the center of a surprise reunion with the veterans of his platoon from Vietnam. The reunion stirs up painful memories and disturbing secrets for all involved.
Two boys live harmoniously with their parents in Toronto, when the equilibrium of their lives is upset by the advent of an aunt, who has just left psychiatric hospital.
When a scientific experiment to create an oversize nutria goes awry, a mutant creature is born. Now the Nutria-man, half water-loving animal, half murderous human, is running wild in Louisiana’s Copsaw swamp. As Nutria-man is killing the locals, a group of hunters is on his trail determined to kill him.