Behind Convent Walls (1978)

Original title

Interno di un convento

Directed by

Walerian Borowczyk

Genre

drama film, erotic film, nunsploitation

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

18

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a 19th century Italian convent, a group of nuns explore their suppressed desires and rebel against the strict rules of the church. The film follows their secret rituals and the power struggles that emerge among the cloistered women.

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What happens

Intérieur d'un couvent (Interno di un convento) est un film ouest-germano-italien réalisé par Walerian Borowczyk et sorti en 1978. Le film est librement inspiré du carnet de voyage Promenades dans Rome de Stendhal paru en 1829. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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