Behind Convent Walls

Behind Convent Walls

Behind Convent Walls

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1978•95 min•Drama

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Marina Pierro

Sister Veronica

Ligia Branice

Sister Clara

Gabriella Giacobbe

Abbess Flavia Orsini

Loredana Martínez

Sister Martina

Howard Ross

Rodrigo Landriani (as Howard Ross)

Rodolfo Dal Pra

Bishop

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A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce strict rules on these unfortunate women. At the same time, a particularly disturbed nun manages to poison herself and many of the other novitiates in yet another scandal which is covered up by church authorities.

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