Behind Convent Walls
Obscure Pleasures: The Films of Walerian Borowczyk
April 2 - 9, 2015
Introduction by Violet Lucca of Film Comment on April 6
Borowczyk’s first Italian production concerns the antics of a convent full of sexually repressed nuns and is a serious exploration of the relationship between flesh and spirit.
Introduction by Violet Lucca of Film Comment on April 6
Inspired by a passage in Stendhal’s Promenades dans Rome, Borowczyk’s first Italian production concerns the antics of a convent full of sexually repressed nuns. Deceptively frivolous, Borowczyk’s film is nevertheless a serious exploration of the relationship between flesh and spirit. Likened to Boccaccio by Alberto Moravia, Behind Convent Walls features striking handheld cinematography by Luciano Tovoli and the final performance of Borowczyk’s wife, Ligia Branice. Note: contains explicit sexual content.
Behind Convent Walls
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