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Le monachine

Le monachine

1963Movie⏱️ 1h 40m
Comedy
6.2
IMDB Rating
65 votes

Two nuns come to Rome to protest to an airline about its jet planes which have been flying over their convent school, disrupting teaching of the little orphans who study there and damaging the ancient fresco of their patron saint ...

Director
Luciano Salce
Writers
Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia
Stars
Catherine Spaak, Amedeo Nazzari, Didi Perego
Release Date
November 14, 1965
Language
Italian
Country
Italy
💬 4
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Catherine Spaak
Catherine Spaak
as Sister Celeste
Amedeo Nazzari
Amedeo Nazzari
as Livio Bertana
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Didi Perego
as Mother Rachele
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Umberto D'Orsi
as Spugna
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Alberto Bonucci
as Mr. Batistucchi
Lando Buzzanca
Lando Buzzanca
as Amilcare Franzetti
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Antonio Pierfederici
as The President
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Consalvo Dell'Arti
as The doctor
Ugo D'Alessio
Ugo D'Alessio
as Movie director
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Lola Wigam
as Mannequin

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Production
Hesperia Film

🏷️ Keywords

conventconvent schoolnunmother superiorcatholic school

🎯 Categories

ItalianComedy

⭐ Featured Review

The charming idyllic controversy of a small monastic community against an international airline company
by clanciai2021-09-09
9/10

"This is well on par with the best English comedies of the 50s and very remindful of the French classic comedy "The American Beauty" of almost the same year - the idyll is the dominating character of the film, and no matter what monstrous modernities and terrifying industrial tycoons the little nuns encounter on their crusade to Rome to make an airline change a line between Rome and Milan to avoid disturbing their mountain monastery, which frescoes are damaged each time an airplane thunders above them, the little nuns by their sheer naïvety get their way. Their driver is an old drunk,..."

📖 Synopsis

Two nuns come to Rome to protest to an airline about its jet planes which have been flying over their convent school, disrupting teaching of the little orphans who study there and damaging the ancient fresco of their patron saint ...