Superficially the Nunsploitation film would appear to represent the ultimate male chauvinist fantasy; the gaze of the audience encouraged to invade the privacy of a group of captive virgins.
In the late 17th century 14 year old Marianna de Leyva, daughter of a powerful aristocratic family, was sent against her will to the convent of Santa Margherita in the town of Monza.
In this regard Nunsploitation films take a political stance by representing a negative view of these institutions and as much as they may encourage the pleasures of voyeurism they also align audience empathy with the individuals beneath the wimples; we are encouraged to want to see the forbidden lovers escape the convent walls, to see the pervy Padre stripped of his position of patriarchal power and to see the nuns in a fervent finger-licking frenzy - unabashed, unashamed and undressed.
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The template for most Nunsploitation movie narratives can be traced back to the true story of the fabled Nun of Monza, a tale which has been retold many times in Italian literature and film.
The film suffered heavy censorship and even now, over 40 years later, it is difficult to see it in its fully uncut form.