Unmoralische Novizinnen (1978)

Unmoralische Novizinnen: Directed by Walerian Borowczyk. With Ligia Branice, Howard Ross, Marina Pierro, Gabriella Giacobbe. On the surface the women at the convent are your average nuns. However, what they get up to in their spare time is far from what you’d expect from nuns.

“Despite some very ropey, almost Franco-like camera-work and generally lacklustre performances, Walerian Borowczyku0026#39;s u0026quot;Behind Convent Wallsu0026quot; (aka u0026quot;Within a Cloisteru0026quot;) is an artsploitation film with real erotic value.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe plot is nonsense, but the convent setting is convincing and the scenes of nuns behaving badly are directed with great erotic detail.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWith the exception of the Mother Superior, these sisters have more interest in phallic objects, masturbation, lesbianism and the local lads than the Holy Trinity. Itu0026#39;s a good thing because this is a Borowczyk film and Borowczyk, the director of u0026quot;Immoral Talesu0026quot; and u0026quot;The Beastu0026quot;, is at his best when focusing his camera on illicit sexuality.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film has an art-house patina, measured pacing and a heavy-handed organ score, but it remains an interesting curio for its single-minded subversiveness and cast of carnally-minded Christians.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEuro art trash at its finest.”