A nun, a forbidden lover, and a body count—Italian history really said 'hold my communion wine.'
The film is loosely based on real life events of Marianna de Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza," whose story was made famous by the Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.
Acting
Mezzogiorno's eyes contain multitudes of repression.
Production
Convent as prison, candlelight as the only warmth.
Director
Alberto Sironi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Marianna de Leyva was walled alive for 14 years; Manzoni sanitized her story into a tragic maiden.
This 2004 adaptation arrived during Italy's reckoning with clerical abuse—Suddenly the convent's power dynamics hit different.
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