The Convent

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.

• Manoel de OliveiraDirector
• Manoel de OliveiraWriter
• Agustina Bessa-LuísWriter

• Catherine DeneuveHélène
• John MalkovichMichael
• Luís Miguel CintraBaltar
• Leonor SilveiraPiedade
• João Bénard da CostaBaltazar
• Heloísa MirandaBerta
• Gilberto GonçalvesFisherman