Extramuros

A poor convent in a barren land is the home of an order of nuns whose very existence depends on the largesse of their ruling duke. The plague is rampant. People are either dying in the town or fleeing the area to escape the pestilence. After collapsing, Sister Angela (Mercedes Sampietro) is taken to her room by Sister Ana (Carmen Maura) and nursed back to health. There is a great love between these two women, passionate and divine. During her recovery Sister Angela reads the lives of the saints. She is convinced that only a miracle will return the populace to order and sa...