Behind Convent Walls

1978 95 min Drama

A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce strict rules on these unfortunate women. At the same time, a particularly disturbed nun manages to poison herself and many of the other novitiates in yet another scandal which is covered up by church authorities.

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director Walerian Borowczyk

writers Walerian Borowczyk, Giuseppe Vezzani, Marcello Lizzani

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