Le scomunicate di San Valentino / The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974) DVD5, Blu-Ray
on May 22nd, 2019 at 19:11
The story, which takes place in Spain during the days of the Inquisition, centers on the forbidden love between Esteban Albornoz (Paolo Malco) and Lucita Fuentes (Jenny Tamburi); not only is Lucita about to take her vows and join the convent of St. Valentine’s, but their families have been feuding for years, and it was because of her feelings for Esteban that Lucita’s father, Don Alonso (Franco Ressel), sent her away to become a nun. Having been accused by the Holy Church of heresy (a trumped-up charge instigated by Don Alonso), Esteban finds himself a wanted man, and to avoid capture hides inside the walls of St. Valentine’s, where he and Lucita can occasionally spend a moment or two together.
But Lucita is being watched, by both her lesbian roommate Josefa (Bruna Beani), who knows of Lucita’s love for Esteban and uses it to gain sexual favors; and the tyrannical Abbess of St. Valentine’s (Francoise Prevost), who gets a perverse thrill out of torturing her subordinates. When Josefa is mysteriously stabbed to death, the Abbess accuses Lucita of the crime. She is brought before Father Onorio (Corrado Gaipa), the Inquisitor of the area, and, despite the fact she’s innocent, Lucita is sentenced to death. With time working against them, Esteban and Don Alonso form a temporary truce to try and rescue Lucita, but freeing her from the grip of the all-powerful church may prove an impossible task.
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