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Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by Jesús Franco released in USA on 4 april 1977 with William Berger

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)

Liebesbriefe einer portugiesischen Nonne

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
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Released in USA 4 april 1977
Length 1h29
Directed by
OriginGerman
Genres Drama,    Adventure,    Horror
Rating54% 2.7086152.7086152.7086152.7086152.708615

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (German: Die Liebesbriefe einer portugesischen Nonne) is a 1977 West German-Swiss movie directed by Jesús Franco and loosely based on the Letters of a Portuguese Nun attributed to Mariana Alcoforado. 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".

Synopsis

Une belle journée d'été, Maria Rosalia, 16 ans, folâtre avec une amie de 18 ans dans une forêt portugaise. Elles sont surprises par un membre du clergé, le père Vincent. Il culpabilise Maria sur la fornication et va avec elle chez sa mère, une pauvre blanchisseuse. L'âme de la jeune fille ne peut être sauvée qu'en allant dans un certain couvent. Elle lui donne tout son argent au prêtre pour qu'il l'y emmène.

Actors

William Berger

(Father Vicente)
Herbert Fux

(Satan)
Anton Diffring

(Old Priest)
Herman José

(Manuel Gonçalves)
Nicolau Breyner

(Prince's Aid)
Source : Wikidata

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