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.

The Convent is a 1995 drama mystery movie directed by Manoel de Oliveira, starring Luís Miguel Cintra, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve. It holds an IMDb rating of 5.9/10 from 1,137 votes and runs 1h 30m.