In this typical Pedro Almodovar film, a singer at a low-end nightclub hides out at a convent after her lover dies of a bad dose of drugs, and she meets a group of off-the-wall nuns while in hiding. The nuns range from one who writes sensationalist pulp fiction under a pseudonym, to another who takes drugs, and another hooked on masochism. But their private lives and perverse foibles may be in jeopardy when a new mother superior arrives to take charge of the convent. This uneven parody is a strong denigration of the Catholic Church in terms that are obviously exaggerated and therefore hard to take seriously. At the same time, the story itself tends to run out of steam after the snappy introduction, making the film a questionable sell to most audiences.