- Country: France, Portugal
- Genres: Drama, Mystery
- Release: 1995-12-01
- Director: Manoel de Oliveira
- Writers: Manoel de Oliveira , Agustina Bessa-Luís
- Language: French | English | Portuguese | German
- Stars: Catherine Deneuve , John Malkovich , Luís Miguel Cintra , Leonor Silveira , João Bénard da Costa , Heloísa Miranda , Gilberto Gonçalves
- Runtime: 90 min
- Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations
- AKA: メフィストの誘い (Japan) , El convento (Spain) , I misteri del convento (Italy) , Le couvent (France, French Republic) , O Convento (Spain) , To monastiri tou pathous (Greece) , El monasterio (Argentina) , A kolostor (Hungary) , Saklı hayat (Turkey) , The Convent (United States of America) , Klasztor (Poland) , O Convento (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Das Kloster (Germany) , Монастырь (Russian Federation) , O Convento
- Plot: 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.
- IMDB:tt0112716
The Convent Cast · · · ALL
Manoel de Oliveira
Director
Catherine Deneuve
Hélène
John Malkovich
Michael
Luís Miguel Cintra
Baltar
Leonor Silveira
Piedade
João Bénard da Costa
Baltazar