''Suor Emanuelle'' (''Sister Emanuelle'') is a 1977

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. It can be classified under both the

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and sexploitation

subgenres. It is part of the long running

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series of films starring

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Plot

Renouncing her sinful past Emanuelle (

) moves into a convent and becomes a nun, dedicating her life to religion and rejecting sin. Monika ( Mónica Zanchi), a free-spirited daughter of a rich Baron, joins the convent. She tells one sister how she was sexually assaulted by a group of young men; this gains her sympathy from her fellow sisters. Monika has sex and performs various sex acts with various men in and around the convent. Various nuns witness this, causing them to question their faith and break their repression. Monika has a sexual relationship with another sister and blackmails her (by refusing sex) if she does not comply with her demands. Later a mysterious man armed with a gun visits the convent. He has sex with Monika; witnessed by most nuns in the convent. Monika is later dismissed. Emanuelle later leaves of her own free will.Suor-Emanuelle - Trailer and review
New York Times. Accessed March 23, 2012.

Cast

as Emanuelle * Mónica Zanchi as Monika Catsabriaga * Gabriele Tinti as Rene * Vinja Locatelli as Anna * Pia Velsi as Sister Cecile * Patrizia Sacchi as Mother Superior * Dirce Funari as Monika's Stepmother * Rik Battaglia as Catsabriaga

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