Rent Behind Convent Walls (1978)
2.6 of 5 from 66 ratings
1h 31min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Walerian Borowczyk keeps faith with his highly erotic and colourful visual style inithis highly charged convent romp. The myth of a convent as a serene and reverent haveniis completely blowniout of the water as Borowczyk takes the viewer through aniamazing repertoire of sexual behaviour. A Mother Superior desperately tries to prevent her charges from experiencing the sins of the flesh with little success and eventually the church has to exact cruel punishment for the nun's outrageous behaviour. As with many of Borowczyk's films the climax is dark and explosively dramatic leaving the viewer with images that linger and the need to questionithe nature of morality and eroticism.
- Actors:
- Ligia Branice, Howard Ross, Marina Pierro, Gabriella Giacobbe, Rodolfo Dal Pra, Loredana Martínez, Mario Maranzana, Alessandro Partexano, Olivia Pascal, Gina Rovere, Dora Calindri, Francesca Balletta, Maria Cumani Quasimodo, Carole Fouanon, Miana Merisi, Simona Villani, Paola Arduini, Silvano Bernabei, Brid Cranitch, Stefania D'Amario
- Directors:
- Walerian Borowczyk
- Producers:
- Giuseppe Vezzani
- Writers:
- Walerian Borowczyk, Stendhal
- Aka:
- Within a Cloister / Interno di un convento
- Studio:
- Nouveaux Pictures
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance, Thrillers
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- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/04/2024
- Run Time:
- 95 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic Justine Smith
- Anarchic Nuns and the Artistry of Desire, a new appreciation by film scholar Virginie Sélavy
- Brief Von Paris (1975), a short film by Walerian Borowczyk
- Theatrical trailer
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Reviews (1) of Behind Convent Walls
Unwatchable - Behind Convent Walls review by DW
Overdubbed and very hard to hear.
No subtitles.
It shouldn’t pass the acceptable procedure to rent out. Had to give up
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