Flavia The Heretic (1974)
aka Flavia, la monaca musulmana
Genre: Nunsploitation | Drama | Horror
Country: Italy | Director: Gianfranco Mingozzi
Language: English | Subtitles: none
Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1 | Length: 101mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv – 1280×720 – 23.976fps – 1.95gb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071507/
Italy 1600: A convent of nuns are invaded by the Tarantula Sect on their annual pilgrimage. The cultists defile the place of worship, orgying in the chapel and desecrating the altar. One nun decides she can’t take the religious oppression any longer and flees the convent upset that all the leaders are male.
Reportedy based on actual historical events, this disturbingly violent, bloody, and shocking period epic sustains viewer interest by creating a verisimilitude missing in the majority of films set in a remote era. Ms. Bolkan’s portrayal of the rebellious nun is a tour de force. Her gradual transformation in character from an obedient if unwilling complicitor in social injustices of her day is adeptly evidenced by telling sequences: her witnessing of the hated local Duke’s casual rapist activity, her forbidden love affair with a Jew, her criminal defection to the invading Moslem forces of the sensual Prince Ahmed (Anthony Corlan).
There are some painfully realistic gory sequences (human flaying) in this film that are not for the squeamish, but viewers with strong stomachs and an interest in medieval history should find ample interest. Deserves to be seen, if only as an antidote to Hollywood depictions of the medieval world.
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