The Nun and the Devil

The Nun and the Devil, or Le Monache di SantArcangelo in the original Italian, is an erotic 1973 French Italian nunsploitation film directed by Domenico Paolella. It is also known as Sisters of Satan UK and The Nuns of Saint Archangel US. The action is set in the 16th century at the convent of Sant Arcangelo, near Naples, then under Spanish rule. The success of the film resulted in another period dramanunsploitation film by Paolella released the same year, Story of a Cloistered Nun, an ItalianFrenchWest German coproduction starring Eleonora Giorgi.

The story involves the power struggles and sexual intrigues of a group of goodlooking nuns at the Sant Arcangelo Convent and in particular the machinations of Sister Julia played by former Miss Great Britain Anne Heywood as she attempts, by any means possible, to succeed to the position of the dying Mother Superior. The nuns struggle with their vows of celibacy, some inclining to lesbianism whilst others invite male lovers secretly into their cells. Meanwhile a corrupt church hopes to benefit from an aristocratic donation to the Convent, before launching an inquisition into the lubricious and corrupt activities of the inmates of the Convent. There then follow graphic scenes of torture as miscreant nuns are stripped naked and tortured with a variety of devices in order to elicit a confession of their misdemanours. The film ends with a resonant condemnation of the power hungry and corrupt church by Sister Julia after she has been found guilty and compelled to take poison to end her life.The electroindustrial band My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult has sampled the Englishlanguage dub of the film extensively in songs such as And This Is What the Devil Does and Kooler Than Jesus. ........

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