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5.8/10   99 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Luis Buñuel (screenplay) &
Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
2 November 1972 (Italy) more
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Plot:
Ambrosio (Franco Nero) is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Franco Nero ... Ambrosio
Nathalie Delon ... Mathilde

Nicol Williamson ... The Duke of Talamur
Nadja Tiller ... Elvira (as Nadia Tiller)
Eliana De Santis ... Antonia
Agnès Capri
Denis Manuel ... The Great Inquisitor
Maria Machado
Philippe Clévenot
Louise Chevalier
Laure Moutoussamy
Armand Meffre
Elisabeth Wiener ... Agnès (as Elisabette Wiener)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Der Mönch und die Frauen (West Germany)
Il monaco (Italy)
The Monk
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Runtime:
France:94 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
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Certification:
West Germany:18 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Norway:(Banned) (1974-2003) (cinema release)

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
defies description, 14 November 2001
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Author: Peter Reid from Aberdeen

This defies description. It is like Branded to Kill, in that it is so unlike anything else you have ever seen, it compels you just to watch it. Nicol Williamson gives a dazzling performance as a cannibalistic nobleman, the inquisition make a surprise appearance, sex and black magic how can it go wrong. It is hard to take this film seriously, ie when the monk makes a confession. What does it all mean, who know? It seems anti clerics, in that the clerics seem to be even more repugnant than the devil worshipping villains, who at least seem to be enjoying themselves. Watch and enjoy.

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