Story of a Cloistered Nun

Story of a Cloistered Nun
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Directed by	Domenico Paolella
Starring	Catherine Spaak Eleonora Giorgi Suzy Kendall
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi

Story of a Cloistered Nun (Italian: Storia di una monaca di clausuracode: it is deprecated , also known as Unholy Convent and Diary of a Cloistered Nun) is a 1973 Italian nunsploitation film directed by Domenico Paolella.

Plot

Set in 1624, a woman had been promised to a powerful family's son at birth falls in love with another man. She refuses to renounce him, and is sent to a nunnery by her shocked parents. Once there, she first undergoes degradation to acclimatize her to convent life, and experiences rampant lesbianism by the repressed nuns. She becomes pregnant by her lover. Finally, her refusal to accede to one nun's lascivious lesbian advances leads to plotting and treachery, and her lover is murdered out of jealousy. Her life now ruined, she further scandalises her family by refusing to take her vows, and leaves the convent, devoting her existence to those in need.

Cast

• Catherine Spaak: Sister Elisabeth
• Eleonora Giorgi: Carmela Simoni, then Sister Agnes
• Suzy Kendall: Mother Superior
• Martine Brochard: Sister Lucia
• Tino Carraro: Marquis Antonio Simoni, Father of Carmela
• Ann Odessa: Sister Chiara
• Caterina Boratto: Mother of Carmela
• Umberto Orsini: Diego
• Antonio Falsi: Giuliano
• Giuliana Calandra
• Rina Franchetti

External links

• Story of a Cloistered Nun at IMDb