Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Monk of Monza (1963)

The Monk of Monza poster
Original title
Il monaco di Monza
Directed by
Sergio Corbucci
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 63 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedic Italian film pokes fun at the story of a nun from Monza. It spoofs the famous novel by Alessandro Manzoni about this figure.

sillylightheartedfast-pacedplayfulexaggeratedfunnyfrivolous

What happens

The Monk of Monza (Italian: Il monaco di Monza) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It parodies the story of the Nun of Monza, as depicted in Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?