Flavia the Heretic
Flavia the Heretic

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Italy 1400: A convent of nuns are invaded by the Tarantula Sect on their annual pilgrimage. The cultists defile the place of worship, orgying in the chapel and desecrating the altar. One nun decides she can't take the religious oppression any longer and flees the convent upset that all the leaders are male.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Flavia the Heretic:

Florinda Bolkan
María Casares
Claudio Cassinelli
Anthony Higgins
Spiros Focás
Diego Michelotti

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Italy 1400: A convent of nuns are invaded by the Tarantula Sect on their annual pilgrimage. The cultists defile the place of worship, orgying in the chapel and desecrating the altar. One nun decides she can't take the religious oppression any longer and flees the convent upset that all the leaders are male.

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Blu-ray.com - 9/10 by Brian OrndorfHeretic can be crude with bizarre flashes of brutality, but it remains potent and thought-provoking, reflecting on a bound existence with unusual patience and respect for its audience.
User Review - 10/10 by Auta AA Great Piece of Exploitation about a Nun who lives in a Monastery in Italy where the Monks tortures the Nuns she hates that Men and that she must wear a Haze and betray them to the Marmeluks and get the Wife of the Markmeluk Prince who takes her in his Homeland where she must reconice that the Men there treat their Woman as bad as the Christians and that she must wear a bigger Haze now at the End the Prince had enough of her and bring her back to Italy where the Monks skin her for her Betray
User Review - 10/10 by cli oAll anyone ever talks about regarding this film are the violent scenes, but there's a lot more going on than that in Flavia the Heretic. Flavia is strongly anchored by the always amazing Florinda Bolkan in the titular role. I've seen her in many films and she has yet to disappoint. Truly an undervalued performer. Here she essays the role of a 16th century cloistered nun whose liberation from Catholic dogma leads her away from her pacifist Jewish admirer and onto the blood-caked role of heretical Muslim warrior. The score by Nicolo Piovani (who, years later won Best Score Oscar for Life is Beautiful, but the Flavia score is far superior). is sublime, and for years, it's been rumoured that Piovani was a pseudonym for Ennio Morricone, but that seems to have been debunked recently. Ironic, as Flavia's score reminds me of Morricone's stellar work on The Great Silence. Both scores have deeply melancholy recurring melodies that underlie the tragic fates of their eponymous outsider protaganists. And, just to address the curious gorehounds - yes, there are very graphic scenes, and the ending above all is indeed truly painful to watch. Very gruesome - and sad, as Florinda plays it. As far as "nunsploitation" goes, this certainly doesn't hit the heights of The Devils or even my beloved Alucarda, but it's still a gem of the genre, and a great movie on its own terms as well.
User Review - 8/10 by Sarah WOdd one this. It's kind of like a BBC2 historical drama - just with rude bits and very graphic violence! It's not anti-feminist as some people like to claim all exploitation/nunsploitation are. If Flavia could give a victory V, wear a Union Jack dress and shriek "Girl Power!", trust me, she would. The violence is not for the faint hearted, but all of the violence and all of the sex is within the context of the story so it's debatable exactly where this stops being nunsploitation and starts being a "legitimate" film. Very good and worth a watch.
User Review - 8/10 by Dwain PNothing goes together better than nuns and sex and torture! There some great scenes in this movie that should disturb you for some time . . . like being raped in a pig pen full of pigs or nipples getting cut off. It was pretty nunsploitation, but I think Flavia was an interesting character. She was conflicted and troubled which led her to do some morally reprehensible things. I could identify with her and it made me want to understand her decisions. A lot of the feminist talk seems a little preachy, but it was certainly true and I could almost imagine what it would be like to be a new revelation.
User Review - 8/10 by Raiyan Mahmood MThere's a lot more to this than a bunch of nunsploitation - women crawling into butcher's carcasses, for example - but it's a fine bit of nunsploitation too. Very good.
User Review - 6/10 by Robert DPortentous nunsploitation film which is quite dull, but has a decent score and is shot well
User Review - 6/10 by Ricky MFlavia the Heretic is another entry into the mostly Italian sub exploitation genre known as Nunsploitation. You can usually ascociate Nuns getting up to all manner of no good. And Flavia does deliver this in spades. However what it also turned out to be is a really well made and surprisingly moving tale of Flavia rebeling against the subjucation of woman in her time. This works really well both as a historical piece, a feminist rallying cry and a piece of shock exploitation cinema. There are some pretty gruesome scenes here, made worse when you realise this stuff probably happened in the name of religion. Florinda Bokan is excellent in the title role, the score is very emotive and it is beautifully shot. All in all a surprisingly good movie that works on different levels.
User Review - 6/10 by Dougal SExtreme and shocking in almost every way, this film makes Ken Russell's 'The Devils' look like an edition of 'Songs Of Praise'!
User Review - 6/10 by Kurt APortentous nunsploitation film which is quite dull, but has a decent score and is shot well.

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