The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine
Theatrical release poster
Italian	Le scomunicate di San Valentino
Directed by	Sergio Grieco
Written by	Sergio Grieco Luigi Mordini
Produced by	Gino Mordini
Starring	Françoise Prévost Jenny Tamburi Paolo Malco Franco Ressel Gino Rocchetti Bruna Beani Dada Gallotti Adriana Facchetti Cinzia Greco Eleonora Spinelli Aldina Martano Piero Anchisi Calisto Calisti Corrado Gaipa
Cinematography	Emore Galeassi
Edited by	Mario Gargiulo
Music by	Lallo Gori
Production company	Claudia Cinematografica
Distributed by	Italian International Film
Release date	26 March 1974 (1974-03-26) (Italy)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (Italian: Le scomunicate di San Valentino, lit. 'The Excommunication of Saint Valentine') is a 1974 Italian nunsploitation horror film co-written and directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Françoise Prévost and Jenny Tamburi.^[1][2][3]

Synopsis

In the 16th century, two Spanish lovers are divided by the rivalry of their families. She then confines herself in a convent, and while the man searches for her, the abbess of the convent falls in love with him, hindering his research and carrying the girl to the Inquisition.

Cast

• Françoise Prévost as The Abbess
• Jenny Tamburi as Lucita
• Paolo Malco as Esteban
• Franco Ressel as Don Alonso, Lucita's father
• Corrado Gaipa as Father Honorio de Mendoza
• Piero Anchisi as Isidro
• Aldina Martano as Sister Rosario

References

1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
2. Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820029197.
3. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

External links

• The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine at IMDb