France / Italy,
1973, 100 min
Cinematography:
Giuseppe RuzzoliniComposer:
Piero PiccioniCast:
Anne Heywood, Luc Merenda, Ornella Muti, Martine Brochard, Pier Paolo Capponi, Duilio Del Prete, Muriel Catalá, Maria Cumani Quasimodo, Claudio Gora (more)Plots(1)
Directed by Domenico Paolella, The Nun and the Devil AKA Le Monache di Sant’Arcangelo is a tale of seduction and persecution detailing the sinful practices which spill out of a 16th century convent. When the psychotically ambitious Sister Julia (Anna Heywood) vies to take the place of a dying Mother Superior by any means possible, other inmates start to lose their way, indulging in hetero flings and lesbian coupling. But things take a nasty turn when the nuns are subjected to a violent inquisition and their existence becomes one of maltreatment and degradation. (88 Films)
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