The Lady of Monza
Her other love is God.
Genres
Overview
A true story taken from the archives of the archdiocese of Milan. Based on the life of Marianna De Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza," a 17th century nun accused of and tried by the church for breaking celibacy and plotting murder.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
105 min
Release Date
1969-02-26
Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Vote Count
10
Vote Average
4.7
Anne Heywood
Virginia de Leyva
Hardy Krüger
Pater Paolo Arrigone
Antonio Sabàto
Giampaolo Ossio
Luigi Pistilli
Graf de Fuentes
Carla Gravina
Caterina da Meda
Anna Maria Alegiani
Sister Ottavia Ricci
Margarita Lozano
Sister Benedetta Homati
Giovanna Galletti
Sister Angela Sacchi
Caterina Boratto
Sister Francesca Imbersaga
Pier Paolo Capponi
Count Taverna
Renzo Giovampietro
Vicar Saraceno
Laura Belli
Sister Candida Colomba
Maria Michi
Sister Bianca Homati
Rita Calderoni
Isabella
Michel Bardinet
Giovanni degli Hortensi
Francesco Carnelutti
Cantastorie
Tino Carraro
Monsignore Barca
Giulio Donnini
Molteno
Angelica Ippolito
(uncredited)
Calogero Azzaretto
(uncredited)
Maria Tedeschi
(uncredited)
6.6
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The Devils
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2.0
Erotic Tales
Three women are secretly plush prostitutes. They are successively called by a mysterious person to have sex with three different men and assuage their weird fantasies.
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4.0
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Sisterhood is powerful. Before leaving for a mission in Africa, Runa, a nun, visits her sister three years after entering the convent when her sister stole Runa's boyfriend. Runa comes to forgive and to help her sister make enough money buying and selling some convent property so she can marry. The old boyfriend has new women in his life, but he and the sister tell Runa they're a couple in order to keep the property deal. To make even more money, Runa's sister wheedles large gifts from various men she's stringing along. There are flashbacks to Runa's sexual awakening at the convent. But what are her real reasons to close this deal?
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6.1
Flavia the Heretic
Puglia, southern Italy, around 1400. A convent is invaded by the Tarantula cult, whose fanatical and crazed members desecrate the sacred place by committing obscene and bloody acts.
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2.0
Convent Vibrator Punishment
Kanae, a nun, left the convent where she had lived in one early morning. In her hand is an entertainment magazine full of nude photos. She was convinced that she was the reincarnation of Jesus. Then, instead of living in a safe sanctuary, she must save sexually vulnerable people suffering in the streets of desire. Standing Junko is astonished when she hears the thoughts of Kanae, who appears in the alley at night, dressed as a sister. Then she tells Kentaro, a homeless man who is passing by, that if he prays to God, he will be able to hold this sister. Kentaro recites a passage from the Bible to her, makes her undress, and devours her shining body...
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6.5
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5.9
The Last House on the Beach
Sister Cristina is a nun who takes teenage girls in her care at a remote beach house where they rehearse A Midsummer Night's Dream. When three thugs show up, brutally raping and terrorizing the girls, sister Cristina is forced to renounce her teachings and seek bloody revenge.
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5.3
Desires
Snippets of a family drama involving a rebellious son coming to his depressing home village, his father, and a jaded ex-lover, mixed with various surrealist scenes and statements about sin.
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3.0
Inés de Villalonga 1870
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3.2
Sacred Flesh
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5.0
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4.5
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5.1
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4.1
Cristiana, Devil Nun
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4.9
Run with Fear
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5.2
Sister LuLu
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0.0
Monastery Of Misery
The nunsploitation short.
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5.0
Demonia
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3.4
Les chatouilleuses
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