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The Nun and The Devil (Le monache di Sant'Arcangelo)

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Genres: Drama
Starring: Anne Heywood, Martine Brochard, Ornella Muti, Muriel Catala, Claudia Gravi
Director: Domenico Paolella
Plot Sypnosis:

IN THE CONVENT OF ST. ARCHANGEL, THERE IS A STRUGGLE FOR LUST & LOVE.

Religious orthodoxy, human desire and institutional corruption all rise to a mesmerizing boil in multi-genre Italian director Domenico Paolella's The Nun and the Devil/Le Monache di Sant'Arcangelo (1973), a cinematic fever dream about power plays within - and brought to bear outwardly upon - a 16th-century Neopolitan nunnery. Inspired by authentic period records and a novella by Stendhal, the film casts Anne Heywood as a senior sister scheming to become Mother Abbess, Ornella Muti as a defiant aristocrat sequestered into religious service, and policier star Luc Merenda as a righteous cleric investigating the convent's sexual and heretical improprieties. It stands out as one of the more noteworthy cinematic successors of Ken Russell's notorious The Devils (1971). Package design by Jim Titus.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Audio Commentary with Critic Kim Newman and Italian Cinema Expert Barry Forshaw
  • Judging Luc: Interview with Actor Luc Merenda
  • The Devil and Martine: Interview with Actress Martine Brochard
  • Paolella Connection: Profile of Director and Co-Writer Domenico Paolella
  • Horny Devils: Nunsploitation Explained: Interview with Film Historian Marcus Stiglegger
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
Release Details

Movie Release Year: 1973
Tech Specs & Release Details

Length: 103
Specs: Blu-ray Disc
Video Resolution/Codec: 1080p AVC/MPEG-4
Aspect Ratio(s): 1.85:1
Audio Formats: Italian
Subtitles/Captions: English