The Lady of Monza (1969)
- Original title
- La monaca di Monza
- Directed by
- Eriprando Visconti
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rating
- 4.9 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young nun in 17th century Italy becomes entangled in a forbidden relationship. The film follows her descent into scandal based on true events from the life of Marianna de Leyva.
darkhistoricalmelancholicdeliberatesomberatmosphericintimate
What happens
The Lady of Monza (Italian: La monaca di Monza, also known as The Awful Story of the Nun of Monza and The Nun of Monza) is a 1969 Italian historical drama film directed by Eriprando Visconti. It is loosely based on the real life events of Marianna de Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza", whose story was made famous by Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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