Behind Convent Walls
Drama
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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This film feels like a suffocating descent into religious fervor and hidden sins. It's a chilling, claustrophobic look at repression within convent walls, where piety masks a sinister undercurrent of scandal and despair.
oppressiveclaustrophobicdread-soakedsinisterslow-burnperiod dramaarthousereligious dramapsychologicalfaithrepressionscandalinstitutional corruption
nunscandalconvent (nunnery)
