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Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
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Wikipedia article
'Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun' is a 1977 West German-Swiss film directed by Jess Franco and produced by Erwin Dietrich, loosely based on the 'Letters of a Portuguese Nun' attributed to Mariana Alcoforado. It starred Susan Hemingway and William Berger. Franco co-wrote the screenplay with producer Dietrich.Thrower, Stephen (2015). 'Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco'. Strange Attractor Press.
It tells the story of Maria, a girl in Inquisition-era Portugal, whom a priest sees cavorting with a boy. He orders her to become a nun as penance. In the convent Maria gets subjected to all sorts of torture and humiliation at the hands of the priest and the mother superior.
The movie is part of a genre known as "nunsploitation".
Cast
* Susan Hemingway: Maria Rosalea
* William Berger: Father Vicente
* Herbert Fux: Satan
* Ana Zanatti: Mother Alma, the grand priestess
* Aida Vargas: Juana, a nun (as Aida Kargas)
* Vtor Mendes: Antnio Fernando Queiroz de Melo, the mayor
* Aida Gouveia: Antnia, a nun (as Isa Schneider)
* Herman Jos: Manuel Gonalves, the prince (as Hermann Krippahl)
* Jos Viana: The Grand Inquisitor (as Jose Viana)
* Patricia Da Silva: Maria's mother
* Victor de Sousa: Inquisitor's aid
* Nicolau Breyner: Prince's aid
* Clara Marabuto: Josefina, a nun
* Esther Studer: nun at the ritual
* Dagmar Brger: nun at the ritual
References
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