{"product_id":"flavia-the-heretic-blu-ray","title":"FLAVIA THE HERETIC [BLU-RAY]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFLAVIA THE HERETIC is judged the most graphically violent of all 'nunsploitation' films; it is so uncompromising and harsh that it courts the ranks of video nasties! It is though undeniably potent and thought-provoking, reflecting on religiously condoned violence as well as misogyny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDirector Gianfranco Mingozzi tells a story with great respect for his characters and his audience. Based on true events from Medieval Italy; Flavia (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFlorinda Bolkan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) rebels after being imprisoned in a monastery by her tyrannical father, and joins a Muslim army invading in retaliation to the crusades. Flavia s world becomes filled with murder, rape, torture and worse. Nun, Warrior and Avenger, Flavia's will is unshakeable even when she's eventually caught and tortured.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeautifully filmed by Alfio Contini (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Night Porter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) with flashes of 'Jodorowsky-esque' surrealism and boasting a score by Oscar®-winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNicola Piovani\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Life is Beautiful), this challenging film is released here for the first time in HD on Blu-ray, uncut, finally doing justice to the searing vision of its filmmakers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eExtras:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnique new Florinda Bolkan interview filmed by the label exclusively.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudio commentary exclusively made for the label by Kat Ellinger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\"Perhaps the most notorious entry in Italy's nunsploitation cycle Flavia the Heretic is a charged combination of art house social statement and grindhouse sleaze\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e--Mondo Digital\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shameless Films","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46799738699950,"sku":"SHAM215","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/FLAVIA-LIME-LIGHT.jpg?v=1756377278","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/flavia-the-heretic-blu-ray","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}