Almodóvar's early farce gave Catholicism a serious sarcasm. The film has traces of DePalma's early years, and the song handling is quite funny, but most of the jokes are a bit contrived, not as sharp as the director's later works.
These nuns sell drugs, fall in love, quarrel, sing, etc., and have their own desires to help women in need in their own unique ways, which are different from traditional religious methods. The image of the nuns in the film is completely subverted, turning the image of "noble and pure" in people's impressions into lustful and rebellious, but what remains unchanged is that they are still eager to help those who need to be rescued. The ending is sad and thought-provoking. After the wealthy woman cut off funding, the "Humble Savior" had to be disbanded, the nuns had to leave, and the head nun had to separate from Yolanda. It can be said that Yolanta's betrayal caused the disbandment of the nun. Some viewers would think that Yolanda was simply an ungrateful person who betrayed her coldly even when the nun treated her so well. Everyone has a selfish side. Yolanta used drugs to control her in the monastery because of the nun's admiration for her. She couldn't refuse everything the nun prepared for her, she couldn't resist, she could only accept it. Anyone longs for freedom, Yolanda is not obliged to live under the almost morbid admiration of the nun, she betrayed the nun under the condition of sympathy for a rich woman who misses her daughter, and successfully escaping this is like a The nun of the invisible prison. Yolanta has its sympathy. Almodovar's portrayal of Yolanda as good and evil fully reflects the duality of human nature. The head nun is also a very good example. Obligation to get rid of the crisis that the nun will not be dissolved, and even threaten the countess with despicable means to continue to fund the monastery. For the nun, this method is a last resort. It's just that the nun used the countess's love for her daughter as a bargaining chip, and she used drugs to please and even control her favorite singer Yolanda. After leaving with the countess, her desperate cry made people feel deeply sympathetic. At this time, she had completely removed the nun's sacred clothes and was just a poor betrayal.
