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Bookmark this pageThe Nun and the Devil (1973)
Director: Paolo Dominici Domenico Paolella
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From Time Out Film Guide
Based on a story by Stendhal and 16th century records, this ostensibly offers a tale of intrigue and power politics in a Naples nunnery, caused by the death of the Mother Superior, whose appointment carries a charter for rifling gold mines in the New World. A mood of Jacobean intensity is occasionally promised as the plot dwells on obsession, lust and deceit, developing a sufficiently disenchanted view of humanity. But instead the film opts for much close-up goggling at nuns' habits, and heavy breathing as stockings are unfurled and feet kissed. Hence any attempt to convey the petty jealousies, frictions and sexual frustrations of convent life becomes so obtuse as to discourage much interest in what's going on.Author:
Cast & crew
Director: Paolo Dominici Domenico Paolella
Producer: Tonino Cervi
Cast: Anne Heywood, Duilio Del Prete, Ornella Muti, Martine Brochard, Pier Paolo Capponi, Luc Merenda, Claudio Gora, Muriel Catala full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 102 mins
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