Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12423 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-01-28
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 96 minutes

Synopsis
Witness the most notoriously graphic and nasty descent into the nunsploitation genre with Gianfranco Mingozzi's unforgettable masterpiece of shock cinema that is Flavia The Heretic.


Set during 15th Century Italy when brutality was wielded mercilessly in the name of God, young Flavia (Florinda Bolkan) is imprisoned in a monastery by her tyrannical father. Rather than the years of quiet contemplation she might expect, the sexually frustrated Flavia instead gets a crash course in hell on earth as rape, torture, castration, bondage and worse becomes her world but that is nothing compared to what will become of her!


Beautifully filmed by Alfio Contini (THE NIGHT PORTER) and boasting a score by Oscar-winning composer Nicola Piovani this disturbingly cruel exploration of religiously condoned sexual violence is as well made as it is sadistic on the senses.

Customer Reviews

the best nunspliotation film
Flavia the Heretic is probbaly the best example of the nunslpoitation genre it is well made the acting is top notch (especially by Florinda Bolkan) and has some grusome scenes of torture and some surreal imagery like a woman climbming in and out of a cows carcass. This is a highly reccomended film for fans of euro horror.

Shameless dvd is presented letterboxed (1.85:1) sadly not 16:9 enhanced like the package claims. The picture is very good however and the film is uncut for the first time ever in the UK. The only extra is a bunch of trailers. Highly reccomended.

Nun but the brave
I bought this film because I was collecting 'SHAMELESS' '70s giallo DVDs and thought I'd give it a go.
The story tells of a young girl (Flavia) who is forced into a Monastery by her Father she grows increasingly frustrated with the prison-like exsistence.
Sold as a Nunsploitation pic personally I think it is a cut above that (although it does have the nudity and torture).Flavia The Heretic [1974] [DVD]

An excellent movie
Right, first off if you are expecting porn, you won't find it in this film, it isn't that type of movie.

Now seriously, for a flim made in the 70's this is really very good, the acting is first class, and the sets are beautiful. All in all this is a most entertaining story for both men and women, if you don't mind the odd bit of nudity. I must repeat it is worth watching simply for the quality of acting. Ultimately though I guess this would appeal more to fans of the medieval era, but there's certainly something for those of us who fondly remember the period adventure films of Sophia Loren.