Behind Convent Walls

Behind Convent Walls

95 mins | Drama | Jan. 25, 1978

A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce strict rules on these unfortunate women. At the same time, a particularly disturbed nun manages to poison herself and many of the other novitiates in yet another scandal which is covered up by church authorities.

Behind Convent Walls

95 mins | Drama | Jan. 25, 1978

Behind Convent Walls
A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce strict rules on these unfortunate women. At the same time, a particularly disturbed nun manages to poison herself and many of the other novitiates in yet another scandal which is covered up by church authorities.
IMDb rating 4.8
Producers Lisa-Film, TRUST INTERNATIONAL FILMS
Original title Interno di un convento
Directors Raffaele Errigo, Anna Maria Bifarini, Walerian Borowczyk
Writers Stendhal, Walerian Borowczyk

Cast

Marina Pierro

as Sister Veronica

Ligia Branice

as Sister Clara

Gabriella Giacobbe

as Abbess Flavia Orsini

Loredana Martínez

as Sister Martina

Howard Ross

as Rodrigo Landriani (as Howard Ross)

Rodolfo Dal Pra

as Bishop

Mario Maranzana

as Father Confessor