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A surgeon and a nun walk into a hospital... no, this isn't a joke, and neither is the tension.
TMDB
20
IMDb
44

La profanazione (1974)

forbidden romance70s melodramamedical soap opera

Overview

Drama

Dr. Massimo Banti, a surgeon in a hospital, falls in love with Sister Angela, a nun nurse.

Flag of ITITItalian
Content warning
doctornun
desire vs. devotioninstitutional constraintmoral hypocrisy

Standout Aspects

Costume

The nun habit as forbidden object of desire—exploitation cinema 101.

Acting

Simonetta Stefanelli carries impossible material with surprising grace.

Best for:Solo: When you want trashy 70s Italian drama nobody else will appreciate.·Rewatch: Cult completists tracking Simonetta Stefanelli's post-Godfather career.
Heads up:Sexual Content: Nunsploitation-adjacent content typical of 1970s Italian genre cinema.
Tiziano Longo

Director

Tiziano Longo

ReleasedOct 5, 1974
Runtime1h 30m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
Italian International Film
Peg Produzione

Top Cast

Jean Sorel

Jean Sorel

Simonetta Stefanelli

Simonetta Stefanelli

Anita Strindberg

Anita Strindberg

Ennio Biasciucci

Ennio Biasciucci

Teodoro Corrà

Teodoro Corrà

Anna Orso

Anna Orso

Luigi Antonio Guerra

Luigi Antonio Guerra

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Part of Italy's 1970s nunsploitation wave, where religious guilt met commercial exploitation head-on.

Trivia

Simonetta Stefanelli, unforgettable as Apollonia in The Godfather, made this the same year—quite the career pivot.

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